15-Second Theater Presents

A Recent Telephone Conversation with My Parents

MOM
Hello?

ME
Hey, mom, who let the dogs out?

MOM
What's that?

ME
I said, "Who let the dogs out?"

MOM
What dogs?

ME
Seriously, they're missing. Do you know who let them out?

MOM
Wha-

DAD
(picking up the extension) Hello?

ME
Dad, who let the dogs out?

DAD
(silence)


END

--PAUL HELTZEL