Murphy Doodle--the Witness

penny is my fence doggie  friend

 my dog friends are so much fun to play and run with in the backyard,  sometimes penny comes over and we play gentle on days when she does not want to play with me and somedays we play chase and roll and bark bark bark

oliver is my brother

when my brother, oliver, comes over or i go visit him, we run, roll, and bite just like when we were puppies, oliver is brown and white and i am black and white, people think we look alike, how can that be ? 

when bebe comes over we run, run, and run, bebe likes to drink a lot of water and play in the water, i do not like to play in the water but letty makes sure that bebe has a big bowl of water to drink and splash in

bebe likes the water better than i do

bebe makes a mess in the water, her gold long hair and even her tail get wet when she sloshes in the bird bath or crawls in the tub, i prefer to run the fence line and bark at squirrels

one warm day before the rains came bebe and i spent the morning running around the yard, letty came out to fill the water bowls and something bad happened to her

she does not remember so i have to help her and tell what happened

after she filled the bird bath with more water for bebe letty turned to walk back in the house and i ran out into the yard to play

bebe ran after letty in leaps, on the third leap she hit letty's left leg and i saw letty fly in the air toward the yard, she landed on her yard side shoulder and head then did not get up and go inside 

i never saw that before except on tv when i watch football, it is called blindsided and i think it really hurts everyone who gets hit like that

i have been blindsided by my doggie friends sometimes and it can make me roll over, i get up and run after my doggie friend, but letty did not get up and chase bebe

one day penny blindsided me 

then i heard letty scream and cry

jack didn't come help because he was not home, i didn't know what to do, bebe kept running around letty and letty kept screaming, i almost howled like i do when the siren rings on some days

when i saw letty crawling to the back door i knew i had to help, i began to get underneath her body so it did not drag on the back porch, she was crying, i heard her say thank you murphy, help me and i did

at last she got on her knees and opened the back door, bebe ran in first and i was so mad i almost ran after her to bite her, but i stayed with letty

inside letty stopped moving and laid down on me and cried cried cried, i whimpered because she was on top of me, then bebe sort of helped when she stood in front of letty and barked, that made her move

at last she reached for her phone and called for help, bebe left with her family, and jack came home

i think if letty could walk on four legs like i do she might not fall so far to the ground

jack looked at letty's hand, her ring finger was crooked, her ring finger leg was crooked and her ring finger ankle was crooked, it did not look like letty's body, i backed away and wanted to cry,

then they were gone

i stayed home and protected the house just like jack told me to, when they came home letty crawled on the couch where i sleep and went to sleep, 

this is me sleeping on my corner of the soft couch, letty would not share a picture of herself, she said my words had to show the picture

many days passed and letty slept on my couch with her legs up on stacks of pillows, she wore blankets around her, it looked strange, her foot is bigger than my head, maybe

no matter what she could not walk very well, and she had to walk with help from a red wheeled cart, or jack, she could not throw my toys, whatever bebe did really hurt letty and now letty cannot play with me,

now she sleeps in bed and i still worry about her

i miss playing with her, but jack is the best, he plays with me, we walk every morning even when he has to put on coats, he throws the frisbee for me, he feeds me, and he puts water down for me

he even feeds letty, i see him stand at the stove where letty used to stand and i can smell food, breakfast is the best time because he gives me left overs,

he even stands at the sink and makes noises like letty did with the dishes, he pushes a machine across the floors that i chase and bark at, but he does not stop, he says he is helping letty feel better

now she can walk very slowly in a big boot, but she does not go outside and play kick the ball

friends come over everyday to play with me and bring her food, i like that part,

i crawl in bed with her at night now just to make sure she is happy and then i get down

she is happy because i hear her laughter and i know she will be better and playing kick ball soon

Dear friends, yes the fall was bad, but the good thing is that I was in great physical shape from strength training, walking, golfing and stretching. If  I had not been so very healthy I might have broken a leg, a wrist, and an ankle. 

 I saw this at Physical Therapy Central before I fell. Now I don't think it is as funny as I once did.