ONCE THE DUST HAD SETTLED...

BY THE TIME TIKA FINALLY GOT AROUND TO FINDING ME, SHE HAD COMPLETELY FORGOTTEN WHY SHE WAS LOOKING FOR ME IN THE FIRST PLACE!  

I STAYED IN THE SAFETY OF DEE'S ARMS FOR A LITTLE BIT LONGER,

 

               BUT FOR SOME REASON, I JUST COULDN'T GET COMFORTABLE...                                           

                                 
                                 MY EYE-LIDS WERE STARTING TO GET HEAVY...

 

SO I JUMPED DOWN FROM DEE'S LAP AND DECIDED TO GO FIND A MORE COMFORTABLE PLACE TO SNEAK IN A QUICK NAP. 

               IT'S AMAZING HOW MUCH RUNNING FOR YOUR LIFE CAN TIRE YOU OUT!

WHEN I GOT TO THE PARLOR, 

TIKA WAS ALREADY ON THE COUCH AND JUST STARTING TO DOZE OFF...

I HOPPED UP ON THE SEAT NEXT TO HER AND IN A MATTER OF MINUTES...

 

 

                                             WATCHED HER SLOWLY BEGIN...

                                                            TO DRIFT OFF...

                                                              
                                                                TO SLEEP...

                                                         BEFORE I KNEW IT...

                               
                                                            I WAS SLOWLY

                                                                   BEGINNING

                                                   TO FALL ASLEEP MYSELF!

          

                                                                            
                                                     AND  IN NO TIME AT ALL...

                                                     WAS  OUT LIKE A LIGHT!

                                         WHEN I WOKE UP A LITTLE LATER ON,
                     I STOPPED BY THE KITCHEN FOR A QUICK DRINK OF WATER,

                                  AND THEN HEADED OUTSIDE TO GO POTTY!

                                         IT LOOKED REALLY COLD OUTSIDE.

                          NONE OF THE OTHER DOGS WERE OUTSIDE EITHER.

                                                        I BEGAN TO WONDER,
                   IF MAYBE IT WAS TOO COLD TO GO POTTY OUTSIDE RIGHT NOW?

       UNFORTUNATELY, IT REALLY DIDN'T MATTER HOW COLD IT WAS OUTSIDE,
                                                  I HAD TO GO REALLY BAD!

            I SAT DOWN AND HOPED I WOULDN'T HAVE TO WAIT MUCH LONGER

                                                                    I DIDN'T!

        THE BIG GUY SAW ME WAITING BY THE DOOR AND CAME TO LET ME OUT.

THE SECOND I STEPPED THROUGH THAT DOGGIE DOOR, AND FELT THAT COLD AIR ON MY BUTT, I DID THE FASTEST 360 IN RECORDED HISTORY AND WENT BACK INSIDE , LIKE SOMEONE HAD SHOT ME OUT OF A CANNON!

                           
                             I WONDERED IF I COULD HOLD IT UNTIL SPRING?

WHEN I WENT BACK INTO THE HOUSE, KACI WAS TEASING ME ABOUT WHAT A TASTY LITTLE  'PUP'SICLE I WOULD HAVE MADE, IF I WOULD HAVE JUST STAYED OUTSIDE FOR A LITTLE LONGER...

                              I JUST STUCK MY TONGUE OUT AT HER AND SAID..

                                          "TALK TO THE PAW GIRLFRIEND!"

                                                          TALK TO THE PAW!

                                             WE'LL SEE YA NEXT TIME Y'ALL!

DODGING TIKA

 AS SOON AS I HEARD TIKA COMING BACK INTO THE HOUSE, I KNEW SHE WAS GONNA BE GUNNIN FOR ME Y'ALL! SO I HIGHTAILED IT BACK TO MY SLEEPING CHAMBERS QUICKER THAN KACI CAN FINISH OFF...LET'S SAY A ZEBRA!

 

 I KNEW I COULDN'T STAY THERE FOR VERY LONG BECAUSE IT WAS ONLY A MATTER OF TIME BEFORE SHE WOULD EVENTUALLY MAKE HER WAY BACK TO THIS END OF THE PALACE AND DISCOVER ME, VULNERABLE AND TRAPPED!

MENTAL NOTE TO SELF: LEARN HOW TO LOCK KENNEL DOOR FROM INSIDE...

I WAS FRIGHTENED HALF TO DEATH Y'ALL! I NEEDED A PLAN, AND I NEEDED ONE FAST!

THERE WAS ONLY ONE PLACE IN THE WHOLE PALACE I WOULD BE SAFE IN...
AND RIGHT NOW THAT PLACE SEEMED LIKE IT WAS A MILLION MILES AWAY.
IT ALSO SEEMED TO BE MY ONLY CHANCE OF SURVIVAL TOO!
IT SEEMS I WOULD HAVE TO RISK DEATH...IN ORDER TO LIVE.

NOTE TO MY FOLLOWERS: SHOULD MY NEXT ENCOUNTER WITH TIKA RESULT IN MY UNTIMELY DEMISE...I WANT TO THANK ALL FOUR OF YOU, FOR HAVING NOTHING BETTER TO DO WITH YOUR TIME THAN FOLLOW MY BLOG ALL THIS TIME. YOUR LOYALTY HAS BEEN MOST APPRECIATED!

I PUT MY EARS ON HIGH ALERT AND LISTENED VERY CAREFULLY FOR TIKAS PAW STEPS! SHE WAS IN THE KITCHEN NEXT TO THE CABINETS WHERE THE SINK IS!

 I CREPT OUT MY SLEEPING CHAMBERS WITHOUT A SOUND, AND PUT MY EAR AGAINST THE CABINET TO LISTEN TO THE VIBRATIONS TIKA'S PAW PADS WERE MAKING EACH THEY MADE CONTACT WITH THE FLOOR.

   SHE HAD MOVED INTO THE DINING ROOM AND WAS SNIFFING AROUND THE BIG GUYS SHIRT HANGING ON THE BACK OF A CHAIR, TO SEE IF MAYBE I HAD RUBBED UP AGAINST IT IN MY HASTE TO GET AWAY FROM HER DEADLY CLUTCHES!

 

 

                                                                I HAD NOT!

   

 I MADE MY WAY, STEALTHILY ALONG THE GRAND CORRIDOR WALLS, 

(THAT WOULD BE A SMALL HALLWAY TO YOU GUYS),

                                      AND THEN MOVED SWIFTLY INTO THE PARLOR...

I STOOD BY THE PARLOR TABLE AND LISTENED ONCE AGAIN, FOR THE SOUND OF TIKA APPROACHING FROM ANY DIRECTION!

                                                        IT WAS VERY QUIET!

TIKA WAS MOST LIKELY STANDING STILL SOMEWHERE, LISTENING  FOR ANY SOUND COMING FROM ME,  THAT MIGHT GIVE AWAY MY IMMEDIATE LOCATION

                                              SHE WOULD HEAR NOTHING!
                                 I REMAINED STILL AND CONTINUED TO LISTEN...

       MY LITTLE HEART WAS RACING...MY SENSES NEVER FELT MORE ALIVE!

I WAS PRETTY CERTAIN TIKA WAS HEADING DOWN THE SAME CORRIDOR, I HAD JUST COME FROM! BUT I NEEDED TO BE SURE!

I HOPPED UP ON THE CLOSEST PIECE OF FURNITURE TO ME, AND PEEKED OVER THE TOP OF THE CHAIR TO SEE IF MY INSTINCTS WERE RIGHT?

                 

                    THEY WERE! SHE WAS RIGHT WHERE I THOUGHT SHE WAS!

    I STRUCK A QUICK POSE FOR THE CAMERA TO USE IN MY BLOG SOME TIME,
  

AND THEN JUMPED DOWN LIKE A BOLT OF LIGHTENING AND DASHED INTO THE DINING ROOM, TIKA HAD JUST LEFT!

                           I STOPPED IN MY TRACKS AND LISTENED AGAIN!

                                                                  NOTHING!

                                 
                                 I TURNED MY EARS TO THE LEFT...NOTHING!

                                   
                                I TURNED BACK TO THE RIGHT....NOTHING!

                           I PUT MY EAR TO THE FLOOR AND LISTENED AGAIN....

                                                               NOTHING!

                                                                 HMMM...

                 
                 IT'S STARTING TO LOOK REAL GOOD FOR THE CUTE ONE Y'ALL!

                                                         
AS I MADE MY WAY BACK THROUGH THE KITCHEN, TO COMPLETE THE LAST LEG OF MY DESPERATE ESCAPE FROM THE JAWS OF DEATH, I PICKED UP TIKA'S SCENT!

    
 SHE COULDN'T HAVE BEEN MORE THAN 10-15 FLOOR TILES AWAY AT MOST!

             I MADE MY MOVE AND BROKE FROM THE KITCHEN LIKE A ROCKET! 

                  WHEN I GOT TO THE GARAGE....I TOOK ONE LAST LOOK BACK...

                                                                
                                                                AT LAST,

                       
                              I HAD MADE IT TO THE SAFEST PLACE ON EARTH!

                                                      
                                                          THANKS MOM!

                                               SEE YA NEXT TIME  Y'ALL!

MOVING RIGHT ALONG

WITH KACI OUT OF COMMISSION FOR THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS... I THOUGHT, IT MIGHT BE A GOOD OPPORTUNITY TO SPEND A LITTLE SISTER-SISTER, BONDING TIME WITH TIKA.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT IT IS ABOUT ME THAT MAKES HER ADORE ME LIKE SHE DOES, BUT I WILL TELL YOU THIS Y'ALL...THAT GIRL WORSHIPS THE GROUND I WALK ON!
SHE SURE DOES! LET'S GO FIND HER!
THERE SHE IS!    
                                 HEY TIKA! WHATCHA  DOING...GIRLFRIEND?"

                                                  "AVOIDING YOU, RODENT!

                                           AND I AM NOT YOUR 'GIRLFRIEND'!
                             
                                 NOW LEAVE ME ALONE! I HAVE TO GO POTTY!

        

HEY CAMERA GUY!

ARE YOU GONNA STAND THERE ALL DAY WITH THAT CAMERA STUCK TO YOUR FACE? OR DO I NEED TO GO POTTY ON YOUR FOOT FIRST, BEFORE YOU NOTICE I'M EVEN STANDING HERE?!

                                           "HEY TIKA...WHAT'S GOING ON?"

                                                                      
                                                 "HEY MOLLY! NOT MUCH!
I'M JUST WAITING FOR SOMEONE TO COME AND OPEN THE DOOR, SO I CAN GO POTTY OUTSIDE AND AVOID BEING ROPED INTO ANOTHER ONE OF DITZY'S STUPID PHOTO SESSIONS FOR HER STUPID BLOG!" 
                  
          "HANG ON, HERE COMES THE BIG GUY! HE'LL SEE US STANDING HERE!"               

 

                         THE BIG GUY OPENED THE DOOR AND LET TIKA OUT.

EVEN THOUGH IT WAS REALLY COLD OUTSIDE, THE BIG GUY DECIDED TO LEAVE THE INSIDE BACK DOOR OPEN FOR A FEW MINUTES, SO HE COULD GO FINISH WHAT HE WAS DOING AND TIKA COULD COME BACK IN WHENEVER SHE WAS READY!

MOLLY WAS GOING BACK TO THE PARLOR, AND NOTICED DITZY WAS HEADING FOR THE BACK DOOR, HOT ON TIKA'S HEELS...

                           "YOU BETTER LEAVE HER ALONE!" MOLLY WARNED.

                                      "RELAX" DITZY SAID BACK TO MOLLY,
                     "I'M NOT GOING OUT THERE IN THE COLD TO BUG HER!
                                       I CAN BUG HER FROM RIGHT HERE!
                                                       WATCH THIS!

     JUST AS TIKA WAS ABOUT TO COME BACK INTO THE HOUSE THROUGH THE DOGGIE DOOR... DITZY SLAMMED THE DOOR IN HER FACE AND BEGAN TO TAUNT HER!

                                  
                                     WHO'S YOUR RODENT NOW GIRLFRIEND?
                                  YOU GETTING A LITTLE COLD OUT THERE YET?

                                                              HEY TEEKS!
     WHAT DO YOU CALL A DOG STUCK OUTSIDE IN THE MIDDLE OF WINTER?

 

  TIKA THOUGHT ABOUT IT FOR A MINUTE AND THEN REPLIED...."I DON'T KNOW?

 I GIVE UP...WHAT?"

A CHILLY DOG GIRLFRIEND!

ARE YOU A CHILLY DOG TIKA?

 CAUSE YOU KIND OF LOOK LIKE ONE RIGHT NOW!

I'M JUST SAYING... 

TIKA SAT DOWN AND BEGAN TO PICTURE WHAT DITZY WAS GONNA LOOK LIKE, 

WHEN SHE DID THE EXACT SAME THING TO HER?

                                                          TWO DAYS LATER...

                                                                                                        
                                                        THREE DAYS LATER...

A WEEK AND A HALF LATER...

3 MONTHS LATER!

        SUDDENLY, THE BIG GUY OPENED THE DOOR AND LET TIKA BACK INSIDE!

                                         WILL DITZY SURVIVE TIKA'S WRATH!

OR WILL TIKA'S PAYBACK BE THE END OF OUR LITTLE PRINCESS OF PALACE PUPARAZZI AS WE KNOW HER?

                               STAY TUNED Y'ALL...SE YA NEXT TIME!