AFTER ALL THE EXCITEMENT OF KERRA GETTING OUT OF HER YARD,
AND ALMOST BEING HIT BY A CAR HAD SETTLED DOWN,
ONCE AGAIN... IT WAS TIME TO FIND SOMETHING TO DO.
I TOLD MERLIN, I HEARD IT WAS GONNA RAIN,
AND ASKED HIM TO GO TAKE A LOOK OUT THE BACK DOOR,
AND SEE IF HE THOUGHT IT WAS STILL NICE ENOUGH TO GO OUT AND PLAY?
"IT'S LOOKS CLOUDY OUT RIGHT NOW!" HE YELLED BACK,
"BUT THEN AGAIN, I AM TRYING TO LOOK THROUGH A 5 YEAR OLD,
SALIVA COATED DOGGY DOOR TOO!
LET ME GO OUTSIDE AND GET A BETTER LOOK!
I'LL BE RIGHT BACK OKAY?"
AS MERLIN LOOKED OUT OVER THE YARD AND UP INTO THE MID MORNING SKY,
HE KNEW TWO THINGS FOR SURE!
1. TODAY WAS GOING TO BE A GREAT DAY TO BE OUTSIDE!
AND 2. HE COULDN'T HOLD IT ONE MORE MINUTE!
HIS EXCITEMENT THAT IS!
FOR THE...UHHHH...ANNUAL...UHHHH...CANINE...WHEEL BARREL RACES!
COMING UP SOON, LATER ON, ONE DAY, AFTER A WHILE...AT SOME POINT...MAYBE..
I KNOW AT LEAST 5 OUT OF THE SEVEN OF YOU READERS,
THINKS MERLIN IS GOING POTTY RIGHT?
WELL...YOU WOULD BE WRONG!
THIS IS ACTUALLY AN EXERCISE THAT MERLIN DOES,
TO HELP BUILD THE UPPER BODY STRENGTH, HE'LL BE NEEDING FOR FOR THE RACE!
YEAH, THAT'S IT! THE RACE!
YOU CAN'T SEE IT IN THE PICTURE...
BUT LOOK HOW BOTH HIND LEGS ARE OFF THE GROUND THE EXACT SAME DISTANCE!
(DID YOU JUST LOOK FOR SOMETHING,
I JUST TOLD YOU, YOU CAN'T SEE IN THE PICTURE?)
THAT IS WAAAAAAAY TOO FUNNY, RIGHT?
HE CAN STAY ELEVATED LIKE THAT FOR ALMOST 3 HOURS!
(THTA'S JUST UNDER 40 SECOND'S IN HUMAN TIME!)
WHEN MERLIN FAILED TO RETURN TO THE HOUSE, WITH A CURRENT WEATHER REPORT, I DECIDED TO JUST GO SEE WHAT IT WAS DOING OUTSIDE FOR MYSELF.
BOY!
MERLIN WASN'T KIDDING WHEN HE COMPLAINED ABOUT HOW HARD IT IS,
TO SEE OUT OF THIS SALIVA-COATED DOGGY DOOR WE'VE GOT HERE!
YOU KNOW WHAT'S FUNNY ABOUT THAT?
MERLIN CONSTANTLY COMPLAINS ABOUT THE SPIT ALL OVER BOTH SIDES OF THE DOOR, ALL THE TIME, AND REFUSES TO BELIEVE...
THAT HE IS THE 'LICKER AT LARGE!'
TODAY...WE'RE GONNA GET IT ON FILM AND THIS TIME.
WE.MAKE THE CHARGES...STICK!
I'LL JUST STEP OVER HERE TO THE SCREEN, AND SEE FOR MYSELF,..
O.M.G!
WE'RE ABOUT TO GET SLAMMED BY A MUD STORM!
RUN FOR YOUR LIFE MERLIN! RUUUUUUUUNNNNN!
OH WAIT A MINUTE...
IS THAT JUST DUST ON THE SCREEN?
WOW!
(THE LAST TIME I SAW THAT MUCH DUST ACCUMULATED IN ONE PLACE,
WAS IN THE BIG GUYS WALLET!)
I WENT OUT TO THE BACK PORCH AND LOOKED AROUND.
IT DIDN'T LOOK LIKE RAIN TO ME!
WELL, LOOKEE THERE YALL!
THAT WOULDN'T BE MERLIN OVER THERE,
FIXIN TO GO POTTY ON THAT TREE.
AFTER HIS WHEEL BARREL RACE TRAINING...WOULD IT?
"DO YOU MIND?" MERLIN MOANED...
MOLLY WAS UP ON THE BACK PORCH COUCH,
WORKING ON A LITTLE HIP-HOP SONG SHE HAD WRITTEN CALLED,
"WHO DRAGGED THIS DOG HOME!
WHO? WHO?
IT MUSTA BEEN YOU...AND...YOU!
I WAITED TO GO BACK IN THE HOUSE UNTIL,
I HEARD HER HIT THE HIGH NOTE AT THE END!
SHE NEVER SOUNDED BETTER Y'ALL!
I TURNED AROUND...
AND HEADED BACK INTO THE HOUSE.
TO SEE WHAT KACI AND TIKA WERE UP?
KACI WAS UP IN THE BIG CHAIR,
SCANNING THE FLOOR BACK AND FORTH...
LOOKING FOR WHAT SHE LIKES TO CALL...
MOVING EDIBLES!"
YOU KNOW, THINGS LIKE RABID BADGERS, SOMEBODY'S MONGOOSE,
A WAD OF RUG LINT FLOATING ACROSS THE FLOOR!
I DIDN'T SEE TIKA ANYWHERE,
SO I DECIDED TO JUMP UP ON THE ON THE COUCH,
AND DO A FEW DEEP, BACK-LEG TUCKS.
I BARELY FINISHED MY FIRST TUCK,
WHEN I HEARD DEE YELL OUT TO THE BIG GUY FROM HER OFFICE...
"WE SHOULD PROBABLY THINK ABOUT GETTING THE DOGS READY SOON!"
BY THE TONE OF HER VOICE, WE ALL KNEW...
THAT COULD ONLY MEAN ONE THING!
CLIFFHANGER TIL NEXT TIME Y'ALL!
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