LOL. That was hilarious. I also forgot that Clark had gone to sleep! When Lois was doggedly (har har) pursuing this talking animal thing, I thought it was rather bizarre, but I was willing to go with it!

I loved how Lois was volunteering that the dog stay at Clark's apartment--I was already mentally considering how Clark would handle a talking dog as a roommate haha.

And then you hit us with this:

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Bob looked at them and spat a cud of chewed tobacco on the ground. “That dog is a big fat liar. He never did any of those things.”
That paragraph is perfect in every way. The chewing tobacco is a wonderful touch, and the line about the dog lying made me laugh out loud! (I did, however, feel a strong urge to defend the dog - haha!)

You did a fantastic job with this! Gotta love Clark wanting to recreate the shortcut, heheh. Cute!!!