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Tales of the Pandemic 6: Amanda's Tail -by Alvo Torelli, July, 2020 (Mg, inc, con/nc, anal, pet play) Brief Note: This story is related to Tales of the Pandemic 5: Renee The Babysitter. It's a followup to a scene in Part VII of that novella. You don't have to read that first - but you might enjoy it. Amanda's Tail David curses again and takes another sip of whiskey. Why did he have to choose that day, that time, that place? Fuck! Who could have known that taking his little girl to get an ice cream on a sunny afternoon, Amanda's first outing out of the house in months, would create such turmoil in his life? No one could have imagined that a pretty teen girl would suddenly turn up, half-naked, tethered by a collar to a big dog. No one could have foreseen the girl would meekly stand there while the dog proceeded to molest her with his tongue in front of dozens of gawking witnesses and their cell phones. Why had he stood there too, mouth agape, with his pretty little daughter's small hand in his? Once again, David uses his laptop to watch the cell phone video he can't bring himself to delete. He can't remember pulling up his phone, or hitting record, but here is the girl again, still gorgeous despite her covid-19 mask, still showing the crowd the nasty words written across her perfect, young breasts, still writhing in orgasm as the dog's tongue invades her hidden cunt. He's watched it so many times! It doesn't help to quell the horrible thoughts in his tormented mind. It's been weeks since that fateful, sunny day when it seemed like the world was opening up again. A mask wasn't such a terrible price to pay to get out of the house with his pretty daughter. If things kept improving he'd be taking her back to her mother soon - as soon as they thought it was safe to fly. He should be busy enjoying the limited time he has left with Amanda. But now it's all gone to shit again. Things are closing back down; cases are rising. He and Amanda are back to being sheltered in the small apartment - with no one but each other. There's nothing to distract him from the horrible obsession that haunts his every moment. The video continues. He can't tear his eyes away. His cock is hard. The pretty girl's slinky skirt falls to the ground around her ankles, tangling in her ornate ankle boots. He tenses, knowing he should look away - just as he should have looked away then. He can almost feel Amanda's little hand slipping out of his. Why didn't he hang on to her!? All this turmoil because he couldn't hang on to her little hand. The video catches Amanda's pretty excitement as she runs up to the naked, trembling girl. Her words can't be heard but the girl's bewildered nod is clear. Amanda turns as she lifts the long fluffy raccoon tail that juts out of the naked girl's ass. The pause button freezes the scene. The vision is bad enough, he mustn't hear the words again! Amanda's mask is pulled down to reveal her beaming, gorgeous face. Only five, but such a beauty. Her blonde pigtails, tied with pink bows, are just the same shade as the naked teenager's hair. Amanda's smile is infectious. She's paused in the act of caressing her own cheek with the soft fur of the black and grey tail. She's too young to understand or imagine that the tail is a sexual fetish, that it's held in place by a fat plug up inside the naked young girl's ass. How big? How long has the girl endured it? Who put it there? David takes another long pull on his drink and hits play. He's only making his torment worse. "Daddy! Daddy!" the little image on the screen calls out, "Oh Daddy, please, can I have a tail just like this one? Oh please, Daddy!" "Please, can I have a tail just like this one?" Those are the words that haunt his every moment. He's fought it so hard. But tomorrow is Amanda's birthday. In a fit of madness, he begins a google search. So many choices! So many sizes and lengths and materials! He loses an hour trying to choose. His hands tremble as he puts in the long string of numbers from his credit card. Two-day delivery is extra, but even two days will be torture - and too late. Wait - this one has overnight! Oh god, what has he done? David's third and final zoom meeting of the day is just ending when the bell rings. An excited six-year-old beats him to the door. Amanda takes the brown-paper package from the FedEx lady, who smiles at her birthday tiara and sparkling new Frozen Princess dress. "My, aren't you pretty," the lady says. "It's my birthday - I'm six!" Amanda beams. "Is this another present for me? Who's it from? Can I open it?" Amanda pouts when her daddy says she has to wait until after dinner for her last present. "It isn't even wrapped yet!" he chides. He almost doesn't go through with it - but she's seen the package, she knows there's another present. You can't disappoint a six-year-old. Right? While she plays with her new Barbies he places the items one by one, with quivering hands, into a box, layering it with tissue paper. All the while he remembers a story he read - about a little bondage model. He never could stop himself from seeing Amanda in that story. He can barely wrap the box with the silvery birthday paper. David moves the video camera to his bedroom. Amanda won't question it since he filmed her opening her presents in the morning. She likes seeing herself on video. He puts his digital camera on the dresser and the shiny present in the middle of his bed. Dinner arrives - Amanda's choice of fish fingers and fries from that little place down the street. She pouts for a minute when he tells her to take off her new Frozen dress so she won't get ketchup on it. She shows up at the table in a thin, electric blue nightgown with a picture of Ariel on the front. She loves The Little Mermaid. David's too absorbed with his thoughts to even notice what he eats, too nervous to put any effort into getting Amanda to eat a good dinner. He can't take his eyes off her pretty face and small figure. He wonders if she remembered to put on panties under her nightgown - half the time she still forgets. After dinner, a second birthday zoom call with mommy only lasts fifteen minutes. Amanda is too excited to get her last present. But she's a good girl and doesn't mention it to mommy. She doesn't want to get daddy in trouble with mommy for spoiling her. Amanda doesn't question why daddy wants her to open her last present in his bedroom - she's too thrilled. The paper and bow are gone from the present in seconds. She squeals when the first thing out of the box is a beautiful pair of red-brown furry fox ears on a hairband. Her tiara is soon forgotten. She bounces off the bed to run to daddy's bathroom mirror. The pretty rust-colored ears stand out against her thick blonde hair. She runs back to hug daddy. Next out of the box are a pair of mittens - fox paws! He'd bought the smallest size they had, XXS, but the faux paws still swallow Amanda's little hands. He tightens them around her thin wrists. She's too excited to notice the way his hands shake. Now he has to help her dig more of her presents out of the box. She can't use her fingers. His excitement spikes. He lifts out a bejeweled black collar with sparkling silver letters. It's lined with the same soft fur of her ears and her paws. "Oh, Daddy! It's so pretty!" She eagerly kneels and presents her neck to have the collar wrapped around her throat. "What does it say?" she asks. She's not an early reader. "It says 'DADDY'S PET,'" David lies to her, omitting the middle word - 'SEX.' She squeals again. She likes the idea of being daddy's pet. The collar would have been too loose on her thin neck if he hadn't already trimmed its length and added a couple of holes. Now it buckles securely. Little Amanda doesn't see her daddy turn the tiny key in the lock of the buckle. "Show the camera," David says and the little girl eagerly complies. She holds up her little paws, raises her chin to show the glittering words on her throat, sticks out her tongue like a little puppy, rolls her head from side to side to show off her pretty fox ears. David thinks he's going to cum in his pants any second. "Baby, I know there was something you really, really wanted for your birthday," David says before delving deeper into the box. "But it's kind of a grown-up thing. Grown-up things can be kind of scary. Are you sure you want such a grown-up thing?" "Oh daddy, daddy! Did you get me a tail?" Amanda screams. Her daddy's smile tells her she's guessed exactly right. "Oh please daddy, can I have my tail?" "But baby, it's a very grown-up tail. You might have to do scary things with it. Are you really ready for that? Are you sure? Do you promise?" "Yes, daddy! Pleeeeease! I promise, I promise." David slowly pulls the long, very furry red-brown fox-tail out of the box. The last four inches of the fur at the tip are dyed blonde - a perfect match to Amanda's golden locks. The little girl bounces on the bed with excitement. Clapping her little paws together. Thirty inches of soft, pretty fur emerge before the ass plug appears - shining stainless steel to match the letters on Amanda's collar. Amanda is too excited to notice the ass plug as it falls heavily to the mattress. She grasps the bushy tail between her paws and rubs the luxuriant fur against her face. "Oh Daddy, Daddy, Daddy! It's so pretty! It's so soft! I love it, Daddy, I love it! Thank you, Daddy, thank you, thank you!" "You're welcome, baby. Happy birthday. You're such a big girl now." "Oh, Daddy!" Amanda's eyes go wide. "I want to wear my tail! Show me how, Daddy!" "Are you sure, baby?" The answer probably doesn't matter anymore, but he still asks. His hand is already down in the box, feeling abound for the bottle of lube. He touches the other two detachable ass plugs that came with the set - one medium, one large. The small one gleams from the mattress, teasing him. "Yes daddy, yes! I'm sure. I want to wear my new tail. I want to wear it all the time!" "Okay, baby." His voice cracks. "Give me the tail, that's right. Now turn around and face the camera again." From beside the bed, he lifts the hem of her nightgown up along her thighs. "Daddy?" the little girl asks. "You said you were sure, baby." "But... okay, daddy." He doesn't hesitate. He lifts the garment up along her perfect little body and over her head. No panties! His heart nearly stops. It's not like he hasn't seen her naked before - she's only turning six after all. But it's the first time he's had the courage to put her in front of a camera. Amanda puts her little paws up in front of her again and smiles. He knows the video will be incredible. "That's great, baby. Now turn around, all the way. That's my girl. I sure like your little ears!" "Me too, daddy!" "Okay now, just put your little paws down on the bed," David instructs. He steps behind the video camera to make sure she's perfectly in frame. "Pretend you're a real fox, standing on all fours. Perfect!" The little girl is down on all fours, her legs spread just enough to give the camera a perfect view of her amazing little cunt and ass. "Can you look back at the camera? And smile?" Amanda follows all of daddy's instructions. Her excited smile beams over her naked shoulder. The tiniest sliver of pink appears between her puffy outer lips when she arches her back to get a better view of the camera. David nearly faints. "Is this a fun game, baby?" David asks gently as settles on his knee on the bed beside his little girl. His hand caresses her bare back. "Do you like being a little fox kit?" "It's so much fun! Can I have my tail now daddy? Please?" "Sure, baby," he croons. Behind her, where she can't see, he coats the cold metal bulb with the lubricant. He holds the evil thing ready. He touches her tiny ass with a finger coated with the thick lube. "Daddy!" little Amanda barks. "Don't worry, baby. I told you it would be a little scary," he whispers. He smears the lube gently on her tiny rosebud, pressing against her. "But you're a brave little fox, aren't you, baby?" "Y-yes? D-daddy?" David's slick finger slips inside the tiny ass. Amanda's frightened gasp makes his cock twitch. His excitement soars. Day after day he's imagined this exact moment. His finger slides in deeper and her back arches again. There are so many things he wants to do! But this moment is all about giving his little girl her precious tail - whether she wants it or not! He probes at the tiny ass, then lets his finger slowly slide out of her, its job done. "Daddy! What is that?! Daddy? Daddy! DADDDDDYYYY!" Amanda's daddy moves quickly to bring the cold metal of the ass plug to her tiny rosebud. He doesn't hesitate, but he knows it will be a tight fit, even for the smallest of the three plugs that came with her tail. One arm encircles her waist to hold her in place. He rubs the point of the ass plug around and around her tiny sphincter, slowly pressing harder. Despite his incredible excitement, he doesn't want it to happen too fast. "Daddy! Daddy! Ohhhh!" Half an inch of the shiny metal disappears as the ass plug forces her little anus open. It's far too slippery for her to successfully resist, no matter how hard she clenches. Her daddy is far too strong anyway. "Daddy, daddy, I'm scared!" He just keeps pressing, pulsing, forcing the hard metal into her as slowly as he can. With over an inch inside her, he lets it slide out, just to see her little sphincter quickly close back up. She screams when he puts it back in. An inch and a half, two, two and a half! He's poised at the widest part of the plug, holding it at her entrance. He swirls it around. Amanda's screams turn to tortured gasps as her heart beats incredibly fast. Her fingers curl into tiny fists inside her little paws. If she arches her back any farther she'll break in two. She drops her pretty face and thin shoulders to the mattress, but daddy holds her body up while he pushes the big thing into her bottom. "Agh, agh, agh, agh, agh," she pants. David presses the butt plug home. It all but disappears into his little six-year-old's tight ass. Her sphincter closes down tight on the thin neck of silver metal. The magnificent tail arches out from her ass and fountains down to the mattress. He's never seen anything so amazing in his life! He tears his aching cock out of his shorts, rolls his little girl onto her side, then her back. He straddles her torso, fisting his cock. In half a dozen strokes, massive jets of hot, thick cum erupt onto her gorgeous, young, startled face. Horrified, David jumps up from the bed and flees, leaving his befouled little girl with her cum-coated face and her ass filled to the brim. But she has her tail. Little Amanda is so confused. She still can't get her breathing to slow down. What was that thing daddy had between his legs? What was the warm, gooey stuff that sprayed out of the big thing? It tastes strange! It's oily and the taste won't go away. She wants to wipe the stuff off her face, but she doesn't want to get it all over her cute little paws. The thing daddy put up inside her ass is so big! For a long time, she's afraid to move. Every motion makes the thing in her butt strain at her insides and pull at her ass. It's scary! When she finally rolls back over onto her front to wipe her face on daddy's covers, the weight of it inside her is terrifying! Not realizing that she's right in front of daddy's video camera, Amanda pushes back up onto all fours. Oh! Her tail feels so uncomfortable in her little ass! She twists around to see it better. Oh! The tail is beautiful! She doesn't like the big, scary metal thing in her ass, but she loves her tail. She waggles her ass and the tail flutters back and forth, tickling the backs of her legs. She tries to flip it up over her back by bucking her hips. She can almost do it, but it's hard. The ass plug is so heavy! Amanda's smooth, round little ass points straight at the camera as she spreads her legs a little wider and tries to flick the tail again. She's getting used to the big ass plug and the way it tugs at her bottom as she tries to get the tail over her back. The tail flips upwards! She's learning to control it. She's so thrilled. She doesn't know that each time the tail flies upwards her amazing, perfect little pussy opens up to reveal her moist, pink insides to the camera. The little birthday girl gets more and more used to the strange thing in her ass. It pulls at her and it's heavy, but it's not so bad. She just wants to play with her pretty tail! She reaches between her legs to try to grab her tail. She wants to feel the soft fur on her body again. But her paws won't let her get a good grip on it. She twists and turns until she finally hooks the tail and pulls it between her legs. Closing her legs around it, she drops to her side, then rolls to her back, with the long furry tail pulled against her chest. It's so long that it tickles her face. The tail is soft. It feels so nice. But the most amazing thing is how it feels between her legs, against her naked little cunny. Ooooh! It feels good! Amanda wraps the tail around her arms so that can slide it up through her legs. Ooooh! She doesn't care that she's pulling at her ass. She arches her back to let her butt pull the tail back in the other direction, then pulls it forward again. She's invented a way to grind her tiny, hairless cunny against the wonderful fur of her tail. Her breathing gets faster and faster. She starts to moan, little barks of pleasure. Her cunny tingles beyond anything she's ever experienced. Ooooh! Again and again, Amanda arches her back, rotates her pelvis, and pulls with her little ass to rub the furry tail through her cunt. She loses herself completely to the amazing sensations that climb and climb and... Ohhhh! Ohhhh! Ohhhh! For her sixth birthday, the little girl has one more present: her first-ever orgasm. As her confusing, overwhelming climax takes her breath and makes her writhe like a puppet, she hears a noise; she feels the bed shift; she smells the familiar aftershave. Amanda's big blue eyes pop open to find her daddy looming over, reaching out to... He pours himself a drink and drains it. How could he be such a beast to his little darling, his precious princess? Why did he have to witness that scene with the naked teen girl? Couldn't they have gotten their ice cream half an hour earlier, or later? Even now, after defiling his little girl, the grip of the obsession squeezes his throat. He's a monster. He has to go back to her. He has to make sure she's okay! He'd shoved a plug into her innocent little ass for fuck's sake! He has to make her understand how sorry he is, how much he cherishes her. But she's so... Another drink to calm his nerves. She has to know he loves her! David slips quietly back into the bedroom, prepared to throw himself on Amanda's mercy. Instead, he nearly loses his mind at what he finds. The little hussy! How dare she pleasure herself like that when he was so worried about her? The little tease! She's obviously putting on a show for the camera! The little slut! Why is she doing this to him? In a rage of anger and lust, David kneels on the bed and looms over Amanda's naked form. The little girl's moans drive him on. He must have torn his clothes off as he watched his gorgeous young daughter rub her pussy with the long furry tail that erupts from her tiny ass. He doesn't remember. Amanda's eyes fly open and flare with terror at the look on David's face. Her knees yield to the pressure of his hands and he spreads her open. She's so small, so naked - so ready. He lifts her legs back, spreading her wider. Her pussy is pink and wet and still trembling from the pleasure of rubbing against her furry tail. He crushes the tail between them as he comes down on top of her, holding his cock at the entrance to her tiny pussy. David's arms press into Amanda's thin legs, nearly folding her in half as he presses forward. Her frightened mewling finally breaks through to him, "Daddy! Daddy! What are you doing? Daddy, I'm scared!" But it's too late. He's too far gone. His hot cock separates her puffy outer lips; it probes the wet, warmth of her inner entrance. "DADDY!" He presses harder. He enters her. She seems impossibly tight. But she took the ass plug into her ass. She's young, flexible, limber. She'll stretch! Oh god, she's so tight. "DADDY! IT'S TOO BIG! DADDY, PLEASE!" He can't stop. His obsession is too strong, his mind is too weak. David pushes through little Amanda's cherry. At that moment he can't care about her scream of pain, the pain of her first fuck. With half a dozen strokes he's five inches deep in her unbelievable tight little cunt. The unyielding solidity of the metal ass plug makes her that much tighter. "Daddy!... Daddy!... Daddy!" Amanda grunts in time with David's deep thrusting invasion into her little pussy. His thing is so big! Daddy is so big, his chest pushes against her face. She's so small underneath him, so helpless. His heart beats so fast. Her heart beats with his. But the more he stretches her open with each powerful thrust, the less painful it gets. The thing in her ass rocks back and forth each time daddy's thing slides inside her. Her body trembles, out of her control. He presses, again and again, on something deep inside her. It hurts, and then it doesn't hurt, and then it feels... Oh, gosh! The tingling, wonderful feeling comes back! "Daddy!... Daddy!... Daddy!" David can't miss the change as his little girl climbs towards another orgasm. The little slut! It drives him to fuck her faster and harder. Her little voice, grunting over and over again, is intensely exciting. He's fucking his daughter! He's fucking her on her sixth birthday! He put a plug in her ass and he forced his cock into her cunt and she's having an orgasm as he rapes her! But he loves his little girl. But she's the best fuck he's ever had by far. By leagues. David cums in his baby's tight pussy. Wave after wave of the most wonderful warmth and satisfaction spreads through his body as he leaves his hot seed deep inside her. Finished, exhausted, overwhelmed, David rolls to the side and holds his little girl against his body as his cock slowly shrinks. David wakes up, groggy. His smartwatch says twelve twenty. The lights are still on since they fell asleep without ever getting out of bed. The video camera is still blinking, still on. Memory floods through his brain and drives him fully awake. He fucked Amanda! The child is still in his arms, with her back pressed to his bare chest. A warm little bundle. She smells so good! He rises onto an elbow to look down at her. Her right fox-paw has come off and she's sucking her thumb! She hasn't sucked her thumb for years. She clutches the end of the furry fox tail with her other paw, holding it against the side of her face like a stuffed animal. His eyes follow the tail down along her naked, sweet body. It disappears in the cleft between her thighs, running tight through the valley of her small pussy. Behind her, it erupts between her thighs, curls around, and disappears into her tight little ass. David is as hard as the steel plug he'd buried in his daughter's cute butt. Fucking Amanda hasn't driven away the terrible obsession. It's only made it worse. Gently, he rolls Amanda onto her stomach, still sucking her thumb. At this age, she sleeps so soundly. He parts her legs. She's a rag doll as he lifts her hips. Carefully, silently, he works to disconnect the furry tail from the small ass plug. Amanda wakes with a start, then a scream. Her face presses into the mattress. Something pulls, hard, at her young ass - it's daddy, wrenching the plug out. "Aghhh!" It's gone an instant later, with a slurping pop that's followed by a loud thud somewhere off to the side. She clutches harder at her fluffy tail, rubs it across her face to quell her fright. Her hips are lifted higher. What is daddy doing? Something pushes at her ass before she's even recovered. Why did he take the big, hard thing out if he was just going to put it right back in? She's scared! But she has her tail. "Aghh. Aghh! Daddy?" More pressure at her bottom, daddy's hands gripping her narrow hips. "Agghhh!" Something's inside her bottom! It's not the big metal thing. It's longer, it's hot, it's moving forward and back, going deeper and deeper. It moves her insides around. It's the same thing daddy put in her little cunny - the dangly thing between his legs - Amanda's sure of it. Daddy makes such strange sounds as he pounds his thing deep up Amanda's tight ass. He pulls her hips higher. His arm curls around to her front and his fingers find her pussy. She's sopping wet again. Why? Her knees are barely touching the mattress as daddy fucks Amanda's ass. His other hand finds her tail and rubs it lightly across her bare, tiny nipples. The pounding, the teasing, the fingers - it all combines. Amanda's young mind is on fire. The tingle spreads out from her cunny, quickly taking over. Her body trembles in daddy's arms. Climax overwhelms her and she screams, "Daddy! Daddy! Dadddddyyyyy!" My god! His little girl is such a fuck-slut. She's coming, again, even as he rapes her tight ass. Maybe this is why his obsession was so strong, so irresistible. Had he known, subconsciously, that his little girl was just waiting to be used, ready to be a sex toy for her big daddy? Had he understood, deep down, that she was a little girl slut? Was this really what she'd wanted when she'd said, "Oh Daddy, please, can I have a tail just like this one? Oh please, Daddy!" on that fateful day? It doesn't matter. The only thing that matters is his need to pound her six-year-old ass. He can actually fuck her ass deeper than he fucked her tight pussy. He's a beast. But the child's trembling and moaning tell him she loves it. She's just a baby, but she's a fuck-slut too. He worries if she'll be able to walk when he's done with her. It's not enough to make him stop, not by far. He loves her, but his need to fuck her little ass has complete control of his mind. Without warning David rolls to his back, taking Amanda with him. She cries out in alarm. He pulls her back tight to his stomach. Her legs splay open and he circles her tiny clitoris with the tip of one finger as he continues to pound up into her ass from behind. He peers over her shoulder, down the length of her naked body, past his hand, and her cunny, and into the lens of the video camera. He'll always be able to relive this moment, over and over. As if for the camera, the overwrought little girl sticks her thumb back in her mouth and rubs the tail across her wet cheek. The moment is perfect. David shoots hot cum deep into his daughter's tight bowels. The pandemic worsens. There's no thought of taking Amanda back to her mother. The need to stay segregated increases. People complain about the economy, the need to wear masks, the shortages, and most of all the isolation. Schools stay closed. Businesses stay shuttered or have their employees work from home. It's a nightmare. But it's not a nightmare for David and Amanda. Amanda loves her tails - she has five of them now. She can be a fox, a pretty white kitten, a puppy, or a baby raccoon. She has paws and ears and little strap-on noses to match each tail. She can also be a bunny rabbit, with a puff of pink tail and tall rabbit ears that are sooooo cute. The ass plug on her bunny tail is also sooooo big. She quickly graduated from small to medium and from medium to large. The bigger ass plug gives her so much more control over her fluffy tails. Amanda is so proud of how well she can wag and flick her longer tails. She wears one or the other tail almost constantly, except when daddy wants to fuck her little ass. Her tails are so much prettier if she stays on her hands and knees, so she hardly ever gets up to walk anymore. They arch upwards if she clenches the plug just right. She even figures out how to hop when she wears her bunny tail. The leash Daddy got for Amanda's "Daddy's Pet" collar makes their games even more fun! Amanda hops over to daddy as a bunny. She waggles her little pink nose and whiskers. "Daddy?" she says. She uses the coy little-girl voice he likes so much. "I think it would be really fun to pretend to be a pony. Ponies are sooooo cute! Oooh! Or maybe a unicorn! Can I have a unicorn tail, Daddy, please?" David unzips his pants and pulls out his throbbing cock. As the bunny's sweet mouth swallows his cock, rather expertly, he answers. "Of course, baby, of course. You can be a unicorn. Oh god, yes! We'll go online, right away! Oh, yeah!" He knows it's terribly selfish of him, but part of David hopes the pandemic never ends. His obsession for pet play with his amazing six-year-old daughter only gets worse with each new movie, each new outfit, each new incredibly satisfying long fuck. He can't imagine where it will all end, but he's going to enjoy every minute of it along the way. "Oh, baby! Yes! Ahhhh!" David cries out. Then he fills the cute little bunny's mouth with hot, thick daddy cum.
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