Think I might have told you – a few months ago we got some new neighbours. Not next door neighbours but over the road neighbours. In other words, their passage and bathroom windows overlook our garden. Normally this is never a problem.
All was well for a couple of days… then the barking and howling started.
Took us a while to figure out where it was coming from. One day mom located a small white bit of fluff peeping out the passage window.
Chunky chop bones! What a racket coming out of such a small head.
It had the cheek to yap yap yap at us every time we ventured out into our very own garden. And when it spotted yours truly playing ball… the level of yaps rose to a shrieking crescendo.
Cheeky mutt! Spying on me in my own yard. Did you ever?
But we never actually managed to see the whole dog. Just its head.
Thankfully when its owners are home it’s not so noisy.
Then one day I was having myself a nice drink of water on the top stoep. A car stopped across the road. Out jumped the most bizarre sight.
A thin, skinny, white wisp of smoke – with a longish body, flapping ears and a tail waving around in the breeze.
Blinked a bit. Was I seeing things? Perhaps the pigeons had pooped in my water and I was hallucinating.
Nope. The creature was still there. Running around the place. Sniffing and widdling. Its human made some pathetic coochie coochie noises – telling it how boooootiful it looked after going to the doggie parlour.
Feh! No wonder it was so skinny. It had been shorn like a sheep.
Growled and let out one of my fearsome Fudgie barks.
The creature got such a fright it almost somersaulted in the air.
Then it started yapping.
My tickly toe-nails! The whole furry spy. Mind you, I use the word “whole” rather lightly because there was not much of it. Gave another ferocious bark. The little snippet of a snack fled inside.
Smirked and licked my whiskers. That will show it who is the boss around here.
But two minutes later… it was back at the window. Yap yap yapping at me. Ghah!
* As told to Ginny Stone
