Walking one way is a toddler holding a cookie. Walking the other way is a doggie that has almost, but not quite, grown out of being a puppy. The two are exactly the same height.
The toddler wants to pat the doggie.
The doggie wants the cookie.
The doggie's humans and the toddler's grownups all tell the toddler that she can totally pet the doggie, but he's going to try to steal her cookie. Nevertheless, the toddler surges bravely forward.
The toddler's grownups try to take the cookie out of her hand, but she's having none of that! They're not going to trick her into giving up her cookie! The doggie's humans try to get him to sit, but he's having none of that! There's a cookie right there!
The toddler reaches the doggie and pets him. The doggie licks her face. She bursts out crying - and drops the cookie. The doggie snarfs it up.
I move along so as not to be seen laughing at what what the poor kid will one day be telling her therapist was the turning point in the development of her lifelong fear of dogs.
Unrelated bonus: a whole herd of puppies
1 comment:
LOL!! Oh, I love this. Thank you!
Walking my dogs in my old NYC neighbourhood, a dad pushing a stroller with a toddler is walking towards us. Toddler is holding a chunk of a bagel in an outstretched hand.
My little dog reaches over and snarfs up the bagel without breaking stride. She just keeps trotting along and munching as if it happened every day.
I was extremely apologetic, but I was laughing too hard for it to be credible.
Luckily they lived in our building and were very nice.
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