Near Escape

This morning has already been full of excitement and I dread saying it, something very unpleasant.

As usual, my next door neighbor Luca's family forgot him outside last night, he barked, and howled, begging them to let him in until about 4:AM.  (Diddy was less than thrilled and all Mummy could say was "Poor Luca") This gave me a brilliant idea.  I met Luca at the fence and we devised the perfect plan,
I would help him escape!!  We Dug from both sides of the fence as sissy overlooked the project.   When he was finally free, he jumped up and down with delight and for about an hour or so we horsed around.  When me Mummy called us in for brekky, the three of us trotted in happy as could be, muddy paws, noses and all.  Mummy yelled something about the floors just being mopped and kicked us outside for our nibbles (Luca included, Mummy's good like that), then we continued to play, everything going swimmingly, until Diddy saw we had just dug under our new fence.  I've never heard such words before, I don't know what any of them meant, but his tone meant trouble! I thought I had done the right thing, hadn't I?  It was obvious that the humans didn't think so,  I was immediately put on my runner and found it curious that it was about this time when Luca's family noticed he was missing.  Of course he was dragged back to his yard, tail tucked in.

For the rest of the morning Luca stuck his nose under the fence whining, but to no avail, i was chained up, and sissy was not going to help this time, she just pretended to not notice (as if to say, "no way, I'm not getting into trouble!"), and went about liking her paws.

Covered in caked on mud, I laid there for a while, taking a nap, when Mummy and Diddy came out.  "Maggie" said me Mummy all cheery like (tricksy little git), "would you like a bath?"  if it got me off this runner I was in!  Little did I know the unpleasantness that would take place.  Diddy sprayed cold cold water all over me and then rubbed some foamy stuff that smelled like flowers, spraying me again with the chilly stuff and continued with the process all over again TWICE!!! It was very very miserable and when he was done, I was something I hadn't been for at least a few months, I was........ c-l-e-a-n :(

Luca

Clean miserable me

All in all, this day turned out rotten, Luca's back in his yard, alone, hole blocked mostly by concrete blocks, I'm on my runner and I smell like lilacs!!!  Bleckkkkkk!!!!  Tomorrow will be rosier!!  I guess I'll take a nap..... what is that? that little buggy just crawled into the ground, does he need help?  Perhaps I'll dig in and see....


XO - Maggs.


Music: Dog Poo by Danny Elfman