ROOM AND BORED!

WHATEVER I HAD BEEN WATCHING ON TV MUST HAVE FAILED TO KEEP MY INTEREST AND PUT ME IN A COMA FOR A MINUTE OR TWO, 

BECAUSE WHEN I WOKE UP, IT WAS MID-AFTERNOON!

AT SOME POINT DURING MY NAP, DEE HAD SLIPPED INTO THE CHAIR BESIDE ME, 

TO WATCH OVER ME AND KEEP ME SAFE WHILE I SLEPT...

WHEN I LOOKED DOWN AT THE FLOOR THROUGH MY STILL SLEEPY EYES,

I UNDERSTOOD WHY!  

THERE WAS KACI!

 STARING UP AT ME LIKE SHE WAS JUSTA WAITIN FOR THE DINNER BELL,

 TO GET TO RINGING!

I REMINDED HER OF THE DEAL WE HAD MADE, WHEN SHE AGREED, 

NOT TO EAT ME. IN EXCHANGE FOR EXTRA KIBBLES & TREATS THROUGHOUT THE DAY, AND TOLD HER GO LAY HER CHUBBY LITTLE BUTT DOWN SOMEWHERE!

           (AS YOU CAN SEE BY THE PICTURE...I'M HOLDIN UP MY END OF THE DEAL!)

I LOOKED OVER TO MY RIGHT AND SAW TIKA DOING A LITTLE THING WE CALL,

'THE PAW-NAW!'

 I DIDN'T SEE MOLLY OR MERLIN,

SO I JUMPED OFF THE CHAIR TO GO SEE WHAT THEY WERE UP TO?

I PICKED UP MOLLY'S SCENT RIGHT AWAY AND TRACKED HER INTO THE DINING ROOM

I COULD TELL BY HER SMELL, SHE HAD BEEN HERE LESS THEN 7 MINUTES AGO!

                               SHE WAS SO CLOSE I COULD TASTE HER Y'ALL!

                        I LOOKED INTO THE KITCHEN... AND FOUND MERLIN.

           (HE WAS TALKING TO THE CABINETS WE KEEP THE DOG FOOD IN!)

 YOU KNOW THE TERM K-9? 

WELL...WHEN IT COMES TO MERLIN BEING LIKE A COMPLETE,

 AND 'ALL THERE' KIND OF PET? HE COMES UP A LITTLE SHORT! 

WE KIND OF THINK OF HIM MORE LIKE A K-4 KIND OF DOG...

  I PUT MY NOSE TO THE FLOOR AGAIN,

                                                                                                              
                    AND A SECOND LATER KNEW EXACTLY WHERE MOLLY WAS!

                               HER SCENT LED ME RIGHT TO THE BACK DOOR!

                              I LOOKED OUT THE WINDOW AND THERE SHE WAS!

I SAT DOWN AND STARED AT THE BACK DOOR, LIKE I WAS TRYING TO OPEN IT WITH MY MIND, HOPING DEE OR THE BIG GUY WOULD COME BY SOON AND LET ME OUT.

.

                                                               IT WORKED!

I WENT OUTSIDE AND DOWN THE STEPS,

TO SEE IF MAYBE MOLLY WANTED TO PLAY BALL FOR A WHILE?

 

                                  BUT BEFORE I HAD THE CHANCE TO ASK HER, 

SHE TOOK OFF LIKE A BOLT OF LIGHTENING,

 IN HOT PURSUIT OF THE AIR, AS FAR AS I COULD TELL!

"GOOD GIRL!" I SCREAMED TO HER..

."CHASE THAT AIR AWAY MOLLY! 

YOU CAN'T DO IT!

                           I'LL JUST WAIT HERE FOR YOU...UNTIL YOU CATCH IT!

                                        AND MAYBE THEN WE CAN PLAY BALL?

                                          IF YOU WANT TO? MAYBE? PLEASE?

                                                            AN HOUR LATER...

                    (IT'S NOT LOOKING REAL GOOD FOR THE SAD FACE GIRL)

YOU WOULD THINK SHE WOULD THROW ME A BONE ONCE IN A WHILE...RIGHT?

                                      I'M JUST SAYIN.. SEE YA NEXT TIME FRIENDS!