I had to share this with you, and it's a totally true story.

In my last post, I was talking about lessons and stuff like that. So, tonight I went to take the dog out for a walk. It's about 100 yards from the front door to the trees, going round a corner and into a narrow path. The trees are quite dense as you walk up this path until you come into this lovely big clearing all full of bracken and small saplings. It's particularly lovely in the morning when the sun is shining - especially in wintertime when everything is caked with frost - real picture postcard.

So here I am walking through the trees tonight and it's dark apart from the moonlight. I shout on the dog, who I am expecting to be right behind me, but she's not there. Just what I need, an AWOL puppy. I whistle, and shout again - still no dog. Now she is normally very obedient, and would have came in a flash, but not not tonight.

I start retracing my steps, thinking maybe she got spooked by something, and end up back at the house. This is very strange indeed, most out of character.

I open the door and poke my head inside to tell The Missus that I need to go looking for the dog. There, inside the door, is a rather confused collie with a full bladder.

The lesson that the universe was trying to teach me could very well be this: Next time you go for a walk with the dog - remember to take the dog.

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