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As I've already explained, I live with my mom, one brother, two sisters and three mom's humans. Now let me tell you where. Actually I wouldn't know where exactelly. It was in the middle of the grass field, high hills all around. I've never been on those hills. Not that I would not want to. As happened I never managed to pass beyond the first forest trees that were some seventyfive meters away from our houses. As humans, so did we live in a house. Human's house was bigger though. I cannot tell you what it was like inside, but I can tell you our house was a comfortable kennel and it smelled like mom. It was just big enough for the five of us, even though it grew tighter as the four of us became larger. Mom stopped getting larger few years ago. She didn't say how many. Dogs stop getting bigger when they are fully grown, she said one sunny day while leading us four to the yard fence. "You can wander to here...further you must never go without me!", she said and then took us all around the fence and around the two trees that stood in the middle of the yard and then back to the kennel. "Was I clear?", she asked. Somehow I managed to overhear just about everything from the moment I discovered a hole under the fence on. I sniffed all around it too. My head was filled with plans of a trip behind the fence. Forbidden one of course. Just me and the wide world. For days I waited and explored, waiting for the right moment to slip away. It was just after dinner. Everybody, humans and us, had a lie-down on the garden. They were all napping. I seazed the opportunity and slid slowly toward the hole. I reached it unnoticed and managed to crawl under it despite few minor problems. Once through, I run. Straight forward. Until a strong smell stopped me. An unknown smell. In front of me, on the left. I sniffled the air and slowly moved forward. And then I saw it! The animal! Smaller then me, but not less frightening because of that. It was grey, spikes all around and it panted really loud. It stood there motionless, looking straight at me and I stared back. Suddenly I didn't feel so brave anymore. As fast as possible I ran back to the hole and slid under it. I continued to run until I came to my sleeping mom. I burried myself in her furr. In my head I heard her voice saying I musn't pass the fence alone. Now I knew why. Copyright �2003 Ilonka Krajnc |