so a lonely 4th grader who lives behind me was at the mailbox when i got home yesterday. he asked me if he could play with blue. he had been scared of blue before, so i figured he'd chicken out again. i went to get him and brought him out without a leash. blue walked in heel until i released him with an "okay" when he ran to the boy, started to jump up, then sat down right at his feet. the boy saw the frisbee, ran to me, then took off for the grass talking to blue the whole way.
in no time he was petting blue, hugging blue, laying down on the ground next to blue. it was fun to watch. neighbors would wave and smile at me as they went by when they saw what was going on. the funniest part were the things the boy said:
"blue, you're the best dog ever. you're going to have to get in fights for me to beat up the mean dogs."
"can i have your dog when you get too old for him?"
"alright blue, listen to me. a frisbee does some tricky things. you think it's going to go one way, but it's going to go the other way. so stop and watch it. [throws, blue misses] now i told you what to do! you're not listening to me!"
he talked to blue the whole time. he asked me if i had a camera and i wished that i did, but it was in my apt and i didn't want to leave blue alone with him. at camp i let kids watch him all the time, but camp doesn't have cats and cars.
i'll be working all day again trying to complete this mound of work that i've piled up.
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