Peacocks

My parent's next door neighbor dropped by last night and mentioned there had been some break-ins last year. Is break-ins hyphenated? I think so. Who cares.

So yes, my mother said to me this morning that she thinks she should get an outside dog, just for protection.

"It would be hard fro me to leave it outside though, just standing there in the cold why the rest of us were inside. That's cruel".

I agreed.

"What you need mom, like a guard...."

"Peacock! Yes! What a great idea"

I wasn't going to say peacock. I'm not sure what I was going to say, but it wasn't "guard peacock".