I love going out in the kayak. I sit up real tall to see everything.

 

 

When I get thirsty I just grab a drink. Larry always leans to the other side when I do that so we don’t all tip over. Not that I’d mind that much, I like swimming and the water doesn’t feel all that cold to me.

 

 

This is our kayak, it’s pretty nice don’tcha think? The front is my seat the back is where Larry sits. We make a pretty good team.

 

 

When we stop I love to get out and run.

 

 

Larry says I’m 13 years old, then he gets this sad look on his face. I don’t know why because in moments like these I feel like I could run for miles and miles.

 

 

I fetch sometimes. I’m not really into fetch as something to do all the time though.

 

 

Sometimes I just like to run in big circles.

 

 

Then we get back in the kayak. I’m excited to be off and then I hear  a sort of thump thump. I look around and realize it’s my tail hitting the other side of the kayak.

 

 

Then I think I see a squirrel!

 

 

Larry pulls up to the shore and lets me out.

 

 

I run along the shore. I’m pretty fast, sometimes I get ahead of Larry and have to wait for him to see which way we’re going.

 

 

 

Whoa! This rock cliff gets steep, no way am I going to backtrack to get around this point.

 

 

 

Shortest way across is to swim.

 

 

I keep my mouth shut and breath through my nose.

 

 

Doggie paddle, I do that real well.

 

 

I’m almost there, I might even find an old stinky dead fish on the shore who knows. They’re delightful to roll in.

 

 

 

Oh no, it’s another one of those points.

 

 

 

This time I just wait for Larry to come by.

 

 

 

 

We ride together across.

 

 

I hop back in for a race to shore.

 

 

Nothing like a good shake.

 

 

Then we head back.

 

 

I’m tired but it’s been a good day

 

 

It really has.

Me and Larry are partners, we do things together. When we go out in the canoe I ride in the front and Larry sits in the back.


It’s just great floating along in a canoe.


I like the smell of the water and just the time to think. I think about a lot of things, like chasing cats now that's just good old fashioned fun. I think about other things I just can’t remember any of them. I always forget as soon as I’m done thinking about it.


I also like looking into the water, I see fish swimming and sometimes I see a big dog. Oh, that’s me.


I sit back down and watch straight ahead. It’s a great life we have, Larry and me. I can’t think of a single thing to make it better.
Well maybe a Wendy’s crispy burger. Yeah I like those. I like them a lot.


Did I tell you about the time I ate that Wendy’s burger –What’s that?


Oh, a Blue Herron. I could chase one…


Then Larry says “Sprocket.” That’s my name.


I sit down real quick. But then I remembered I was thirsty.


I heard something so I sit up and listen. A train, yes a train! It’s coming I can feel it.


Oh, yes it’s a train alright. I’ve never ridden on a train. I like riding in the truck with Larry even though he says I tear things up. I really don’t I just sometimes have to look out both windows on each side real quick. Ya know to smell the air as we go zooming down the road.


Oh,  I was telling you about the Wendy’s burger. There it was sitting on the table looking at me. I don’t know what happened, the next thing I knew I was standing on my back legs, front legs bent at the elbows leaning on the table and I was licking the last juicy drips off that paper.  
-What’s over there?


  I see some geese and give them a bark or two, just to say hello and tell them I see them.
They fly off. I like that.


It’s been a good day,


a real good day.

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