"Barder the Flying Dog"

Our prompt was to create a story from this image. The only restriction was that the dog's name had to be Barder.

One day Barder saw a long, orange silky scarf falling out of a tree. He bit it and tugged. The silky cloth did not budge. He tugged harder and harder until he thought his teeth were going to be yanked out. Finally, with a sickly shredding noise, he was able to pull it out of the tree. His owner Jackson, saw the scarf's beautiful orange glow. He ran over and picked it up, stroking it. It was so soft, he just wanted to press it against his face. He wound it over his head as if it were a turban, and suddenly felt a kind of strength and happiness he had never felt before. On his first impulse, he went over to Barder and straddled him. Barder seemed to get the same sensation, he broke into a kind of dog-smile and started running as fast as he could; he felt he could run forever. The orange scarf glowed brighter and brighter and slowly seemed to rise. Barder and Jackson started hovering above the ground, higher and higher! They rose, running through the air, Jackson on Barder with the happiest feeling they had ever experienced. They circled trees and reached the one where the mysterious magic scarf had been pulled out of. From between branches, Jackson and Barder saw the most amazing thing: A fallen lifeless angel, without any hair! Bald except for a few glowing orange silky strands, flowing in the wind.

*This picture was taken from Jan Von Holleben's photography site