Harry could feel it in his bones.
Today was ripe with the possibilities of adventure. The sun was shining, the world smelled warm and life was all around… squirrel! Harry yanked on the collar about his neck and watched forlornly as the little beast took off to the higher branches.
“So close! So close I could taste it!’
But what was that fragrance in the air? Where was all that noise coming from? “Aha!”
There were humans on the weird stone path that wasn’t stone. And with them was a canine he didn’t know! His tail wagged hard. He strained at the leash until he was able to sniff the air around them. The humans came to a stop. They made their strange grunting’s and whining’s to each other as they are wont to do.
“Hi, I’m Harry! You smell like adventure!”
“Hi, I’m Lucille! And you smell like adventure too!”
The aroma of Lucille’s humans spoke of other places… other worlds that he couldn’t even imagine. Everything about them was mystery. And where there was mystery there was a tale to tell.
Harry barked, “I saw a squirrel! Almost got him too.”
“I almost caught a bird!” Lucille howled. “There were so many birds!”
Suddenly, there was a rustling in the leaves and a small brown creature shot up a tree trunk. Both Harry and Lucille stopped talking and growled together, “Chipmunk!” Their eyes tracked the small animal as it stared back at them from a safe distance.
“I am so excited right now! I can barely contain myself!” yipped Lucille.
“Me too! Oh my goodness!”
Harry felt a tug on his leash. The humans grunting’s carried the tone that meant the end of things. As the two groups separated, Harry yelped back, “Maybe we can talk of our adventures again sometime!”
“Yes! We should do that!”
But Harry knew that a new adventure was waiting right around that corner and he shot off toward it. His human was heavy but with the right pull, he had him going. Oh yes, adventure was right ahead and he could smell it.
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