The White Dog’s Fable— Yasser Abdel-latif

TRANSLATED FROM THE ARABIC BY OSAMA HAMMAD

Lucy was an infertile dog living in Maadi, the quiet Cairo suburb. For Lucy, infertility probably played a role in her psychology as a stray dog. She abandoned her life of wandering and chose to settle next to the Al-Baqary family house at the southern edge of the suburb.  She was content to relate herself to the family without being officially adopted by any of them. She lived at the threshold, satisfied with the care she received and whatever leftovers they tossed out to her. Lucy’s sexual life wasn’t affected by her inability to bear puppies, as she willingly raised her tail to any of Maadi’s lax male dogs passing by or sneaking from the neighboring Tura. Lucy was an example of an easy dog; maybe this was the origin of her foreign name with its climatic tone, as she was always ready to bang. She was always there for the horny night dwellers or those who couldn’t find better entertainment than the free exhausting barking.

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