Ball(s)

"Dogs are our link to paradise. They don't know evil or jealousy or discontent. To sit with a dog on a hillside on a glorious afternoon is to be back in Eden, where doing nothing was not boring--it was peace."
Milan Kundera

I am a dog who likes toys. Any toys. Anywhere. Big toys. Small toys. If I can't find any toys, I make things into toys. Like socks, and plant pots and Snotty's fleece. I like Snotty's fleece - I can sleep on that too, and chew the zippy thing. I found a toothbrush the other day. And I like cardboard rolls.

Everything is a game to me. This morning when aprecious fell over in a heap I thought that might be a game. I jumped around and waved my bottom in the air for a bit. She didn't move. She doesn't normally lay on the ground in the pouring rain in Mr Morten's field but aprecious does a lot of things I don't understand. Like sitting on a bike that doesn't go anywhere and eating bananas. So I licked her face. By now the rain was pouring over her and dripping to the floor. She opened her eyes. Ha ha ... she'd got me for a second. I thought there was something wrong. She crawled along for a bit - on my level. That was fun. I woofed. She said, "Yes puppy." And I think she may have said some Anglo Saxon but I am a dog and do not understand such things. I think she said something about balls too, but I couldn't be sure.

The rain poured down. I wanted to go and play with the cows who were sheltering under a tree but aprecious said, "Not today Baker." I have no idea what she was talking about and nor does she given this is a phrase of her mother's. I wouldn't mind a bun. Or a Danish Pastry. Or a croissant.

I skipped down the hill looking for fun. aprecious didn't, for some reason. No frisbee and no ball to play with. So I made up for it when I got home. See?

Why is that we describe medical things in terms of food or sport equipment? For the record the bruise is the size of a side plate.

Edit at 11:40 - top of thigh since you ask. And I am fine. Did also slip into a massive puddle ten minutes later. PLEASE can someone to tell it to stop raining?

Edit at 1:40 - I didn't pass out - unless my brain is in my backside (?). I was shocked and still for a few minutes but not concussed. My leg - the top part - took the full force - but I'm fine! :)