The goats were cute enough the first time around. I was walking to the Center and noticed cars, trucks and scooters pulling to a stop, a sure sign something's in the road. Some of them ran to the other side. Some stalled, as if measuring their best chance at survival. The kids were caught between the two groups, totally unsure of where their safety was. Finally the group in the middle of the road trotted to the other side, gathering up the kids as they went. I smiled at the happy resolution and caught the eyes of one of the car drivers. He was smiling, too. On my way home, there they were again, this time trotting more wisely to the side of the road, single file. I could see the billys' goatees in various colors, the nannies who looked as if they either needed the kids to nurse or needed to be milked, and the babies interspersed among the others.
When I first arrived in Laos, Peter (another US visitor) tried to pet a family dog during one of our visitations. He almost got his hand bitten off. During our class lesson on everyday activities, I omitted "walking the dog." It simply doesn't compute here. Different strokes.
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Lots of dogs will try to bite you if you try to pet them without first putting your hand, palm side up so they can sniff it. Hmmm. No walking dogs, huh. We don't walk ours either. She gets lots of exercise running up and down stairs or with dog ball, where she "golfs" the tennis ball to us and we then make her run around the car and catch it. She keeps improving the game. Are dogs more just on their own? Fascinating.
ReplyDeletePJ would be sad that she couldn't pet the doggies - so cute... Oh well, just give her a binky and a baby. We love you.
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I haven't seen any goats, with or without goatees, on the 405 lately. I did see a lawn chair that might have matched the set we own in the car pool lane. I was tempted to stop and scoop it up but at 65 mph it didn't seem the wise choice.
ReplyDeleteIf memory serves, there's a dance called "walking the dog." There are some whistles on the sound track. I think you put one hand on your hip and stick the other out like you're holding a leash and sort of swing your hips back and forth or something like that.