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I hear it! I hear the
car! HER car! And she's coming this way! Oh, oh, I must run in
and grab a gift! I must greet her with a gift! Oh, 'BONK' missed
the step. No matter, I must hurry. Move over, doggy door! She's
coming, she's coming! Gift, gift, where, what, oh, oh, oh, ah!
A plastic bottle she drinks from, right here on top of the container
they call trash!
Oh, perfect. She's
coming, she's coming! Oh, oh, oh... The door! I hear the door
sound that sounds right before she comes in!
Oh, it's OPENING! SHE'S
HOME! Oh, oh, 'wiggle, wiggle, wiggle' I cannot be still! You're
home! And look, look, I have this nice bottle! Oh, oh, you're
home! YOU'RE HOME!
I have missed you so
much, you've been gone hours, weeks, days, years! And so much
has happened! A dog ran by and I chewed a tree and Pluto slept
under the house and it rained a little! Oh, oh, oh! You're home,
you're home!
And you're touching
me! I can't stand it, it's so marvelous! Oh, and you're speaking!
"Murble, murble, good boy, murble, murble." YES! Your happy voice.
Oh, I'm about to burst! I'm so happy, happy, happy! Yes! I want
to jump! I'm not supposed to jump, but oh, oh, just a little jump!
"Off."
Darn. Oh, I cannot
be still. I'll roll over and wiggle on my back! Oh, yes! She's
rubbing me-my tummy, my head, my sides! Oh, oh, oh. Now what?
Now where's she going? Oh, oh, yes! Back to the room where we
sleep at night! Great! It has the big pad we sleep on and 'L-E-A-P'
I can get up here close to her. And here she comes!
Oh, oh, oh! I can stand
on my legs and put my paws around her neck and-uh oh. Can't lick
with this bottle in my mouth. But it's my present to her! Oh, oh,
what to do? And she's rubbing me! But I want to lick her, oh, oh,
I think I'm about to burst!
"Off."
Oh, darn. Drop the
bottle. Oh, YES! She's coming back! She took off the pieces she
puts on her eyes, and I can stand and 'lick, lick' I love you,
I love you, I love you, I love 'lick, lick, lick' you taste so
good, salty, sweet, I love that stuff you smear on your face every
day, I love to lick it off, oh, oh, and you're rubbing me again!
My back, my head, my
ears, oh, oh 'lick, lick, lick'. "Murble, murble, Mac, good boy,
murble, murble.
"Off."
Darn.
I will lay here and
watch her. Watch her peel her fur-it's not very warm fur, I don't
think. How does she do that? And I will get that look on my face
that always makes her come and rub me. The look where I roll my
eyes up, and keep my head flat here and she will come...and she's
putting on her play skin! YES! We will play-sometime. My tail
cannot be still. I am SO happy, happy, happy.
Now she's going in
the room with the wonderful water bowl! I LOVE that water bowl
- always cool, clean water! She'll be out in just a minute, just
a minute, just a.....yes, she's coming! She's here again.
Oh, oh, oh....
Now back to the room
with the box that has pictures and sounds. Ah, I know what happens
now. Yep, she's laying down on the big pad there. Now she'll sleep.
But that's okay.
She's HOME!
SHE'S home.
She's home.
And she smells tired.
So I will lay beside her here and guard her and wait while she
sleeps. And when she wakes up she won't smell so tired. And we'll
play and play.
S-i-g-h. I'll just
rest with her now, and smell her while she sleeps. And wait again.
For, the next thing that happens, HE'LL be home. And then, oh,
oh, zzzzzzzzz........
Jana Mauney
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