Every so often for some reason, my people stay in bed even when it is starting to get light outside. I have to jump up and down off the bed at least six or seven times before they start moving and then they try to stall by telling me that it’s something called “Saturday”. What’s up with that? I’ve got a lot to do around here!
First, I had to spend the whole morning chasing squirrels out of the back yard. My people don’t seem to realize that if you put out food for the birds, you’re going to get squirrels, and somehow it has become to be MY job to keep them away from the feeders. Sheesh.
Then, all of a sudden they say “Hey Poppet, let’s go for a RIDE!!” I get all excited about this until I realize that the two-timers are dropping me off at that doggie house of torture – the groomer. You don’t even want to know the indignities I suffered there, and to top it all off they put this ridiculous Halloween scarf on me. It has CATS on it for goodness sake. What were they thinking? I HATE cats! Of course when they came to get me they made such a big deal about how cute I looked that I had to pretend to forgive them until they took me home. Then I could get even by finding something to roll in out in the yard.
When we got home, the evil mailman was just coming down the street. Luckily we got there just in time for me to make enough noise to prevent him from coming in to kill us all. I don’t know why they keep apologizing to that guy, but he usually hands them a bunch of papers before he goes away. Must be blackmail of some kind. I also had to scare away the evil UPS guy who was going up and down the block dropping suspicious boxes off at the neighbors’ houses. I must have been pretty effective because he drove off without leaving anything by us. I also scared off the evil teenagers from next door. Yeah, they all look at me and smile as if they think I’m kidding, but the AT&T guy will never come back into OUR yard again, let me tell you.
Of course by then all the squirrels had come back so I had to spend the rest of the afternoon chasing them back out of the yard until it got dark again.
It’s no wonder I’m so tired after dinner. At least they let me up on the couch. I need to rest up for tomorrow, because my job just never ends.
First, I had to spend the whole morning chasing squirrels out of the back yard. My people don’t seem to realize that if you put out food for the birds, you’re going to get squirrels, and somehow it has become to be MY job to keep them away from the feeders. Sheesh.
Then, all of a sudden they say “Hey Poppet, let’s go for a RIDE!!” I get all excited about this until I realize that the two-timers are dropping me off at that doggie house of torture – the groomer. You don’t even want to know the indignities I suffered there, and to top it all off they put this ridiculous Halloween scarf on me. It has CATS on it for goodness sake. What were they thinking? I HATE cats! Of course when they came to get me they made such a big deal about how cute I looked that I had to pretend to forgive them until they took me home. Then I could get even by finding something to roll in out in the yard.
When we got home, the evil mailman was just coming down the street. Luckily we got there just in time for me to make enough noise to prevent him from coming in to kill us all. I don’t know why they keep apologizing to that guy, but he usually hands them a bunch of papers before he goes away. Must be blackmail of some kind. I also had to scare away the evil UPS guy who was going up and down the block dropping suspicious boxes off at the neighbors’ houses. I must have been pretty effective because he drove off without leaving anything by us. I also scared off the evil teenagers from next door. Yeah, they all look at me and smile as if they think I’m kidding, but the AT&T guy will never come back into OUR yard again, let me tell you.
Of course by then all the squirrels had come back so I had to spend the rest of the afternoon chasing them back out of the yard until it got dark again.
It’s no wonder I’m so tired after dinner. At least they let me up on the couch. I need to rest up for tomorrow, because my job just never ends.
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Sweet the coming on
Of grateful evening mild; then silent night
With this her solemn bird and this fair moon,
And these the gems of heaven, her starry train.
--John Milton
