Ice Cream on the Beach...Or Not

I started this short story last summer but I've been waiting for the perfect commissioned picture to go along with it before posting it, hence the border collie in the previous submission here: http://www.furaffinity.net/view/2421725 This was the first time I've tried my hand at writing a pure comedy piece. I've worked so long and hard on this story so please tell me it's good. Here's hoping. I included lots of comedic references to Beach Boys songs and several classic beach/surfing movies with help from Netflix that I'm not sure everyone will pick up on. But anyway...

Here's an excerpt to pique your interest:

As the sun neared its zenith, the border collie walked with her ears drooping and her tongue lolling out of her mouth. “So hot…ice cream…FEMA…”

A young lemur boy walked passed her, happily licking on a triple-scoop strawberry ice cream cone. Her ears perked back up and she watched the ice cream go by. She looked around and then she quietly followed the boy. He went to a bench and sat down, his long, ringed tail laid out next to him. The collie leaned against an outdoor shower and watched him for a little while, then she walked in front of his bench and stopped.

"Hello!" she said in a cheery voice.

He looked at her for a moment with his large eyes and then he looked away and went back to licking his cone. "Hi," he said.

She put the back of her hand against her forehead. "Boy it sure is hot today, isn't it?"

"Yep."

She waited and then spoke again. "Hm, that looks like good ice cream you got there. Especially good to have it on such a hot day."

"Yep."

She waited again.

"Man, I wish I had some ice cream like that. Nice, sweet, cold ice cream on a hot day." She put her hands behind her back and grinned.

After a few minutes with no response from the boy, she scowled and walked away. A moment later, her head slowly came up behind the bench. She began reaching for the ice cream cone and then she pulled back. She tapped the lemur boy on his right shoulder. He looked in that direction and she quickly leaned far over his left shoulder and craned her neck with her tongue out to reach for his cone. She suddenly lost her balance and fell face first into the seat of the bench. She tumbled over herself and fell into the sand.

She scrambled to her feet, her ears burning with embarrassment. "Hey look!" she said. "I did a completely intentional somersault. Wasn't that neat? I intentionally did it completely on purpose too. Intentionally."

He stared at her, eyes wide. After a long silence with him just looking at her, she cleared her throat. "Okaaaay, I guess I'll be going now." She put her hands behind her back and walked off again. The lemur boy watched her until she was out of sight on the other site a pair of changing room tents, then he warily turned back to his ice cream and began licking again.

The collie came stealthily crawling back on all fours with her tail in the air. She went to the bench and came up behind it again. She picked up a small rock and threw it to the boy's right. It hit a discarded soda can. The lemur turned and looked but his cone moved with him out of the collie’s reach. She made a pouting face and then reached and tapped his left shoulder. He looked in the other direction. The cone moved back within her reach and she lunged for it.

After searching bewildered for the source of the disturbance, he opened his mouth and turned his head to finish his ice cream. He stopped and sat completely still. He was muzzle to muzzle with the collie, his nose mashed up against hers. His eyes moved downward and he saw her red tongue touching his topmost strawberry scoop.

She smiled. "Um…Hemmo."

Tears started welling up in the little lemur's eyes.

The collie pulled away and stood up. "Wait, no—don't! Please don't do that!"

His bottom lip began trembling.

She waved her hands back and forth. "No, no, no, no, no! I'm sorry! Please don't cry!"

He turned his head skyward and let out a long, wailing sob.

She put a finger to her mouth. "Shhhh! Shhhh! No, no—aw come on!"

"Mommaaaaa!" he lemur bawled.

The collie went up to him, put her hand on top of his head and patted it. "Hey there, there. Shhh. Stop. There—there’s no need to cry."

He simply bawled even louder. The collie stood up and began backing away from the scene.

"Hey! Hey what’s going on over here?" She heard someone shouting at her. She looked and saw a golden retriever police officer in a tan uniform, shorts, and sunglasses walking towards her across the sand. He approached her and put his hands on his hips. "Aright, Gidget, what’s the problem? Do you know this child? Why is he crying?"

The lemur boy pointed at her. "She's trying to steal my ice cream! She's trying to steal it!" He broke down into more pitiful sobs.

The collie continued backing away.

The officer glared at her. “Hey you hold it right there, Gidget. Just what are you trying to pull? Where do you teen delinquents get off bullying little kids? Huh?"

"Well you know, it's just kinda—well it's like this—um" She turned around and bolted across the beach.

"Hey. HEY!" She kept running and the officer sprinted after her. "FREEZE!" .....................................