Friday Fable: Lubans' "Canine Camaraderie."
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THEY say a dog greets you each day like a long lost friend because she's forgotten, in the short term, seeing you yesterday. You're still in her long-term memory - of dog bone treats, balls thrown and fetched, long walks in rain or shine and shared moments of companionable silence - hence the effusive greeting: eyes sparkle, the tail helicopters as if lifting the rear off the ground, and her head ducks in stately bows. What joy! I reciprocate and pound her side in heartfelt greeting, pull her ears and pat her head - a most convivial picture of man and best friend.
"Fawning!" you exclaim.
Nay, not forgetting.
A dog's never too busy or overcome by the daily grind or ruled by ambition to stop and greet you in the spirit of past camaraderie.
The moral: Our finest friend among the animals forgets us NOT, nor should we ignore those of our own kind we've met and liked along the way.
"Fawning!" you exclaim.
Nay, not forgetting.
A dog's never too busy or overcome by the daily grind or ruled by ambition to stop and greet you in the spirit of past camaraderie.
The moral: Our finest friend among the animals forgets us NOT, nor should we ignore those of our own kind we've met and liked along the way.