Saturday, June 20, 2009

A lesson for Bernie

As usual, on our first walk this morning, Bernie and I went down to the lake. We stopped for a while and watched a foursome of early morning golfers teeing off on the first hole. While we were standing there, something big sploshed a few yards out in the water.

I pointed at it and said, “Look, Bernie, a bass!”

As you may know, the common belief is that if you point, a dog will look at your finger. Bernie is not a common dog. His eyes followed my finger to the spot on the lake that was still rippling. And at that moment a rather large, black Cormorant stuck its head up out of the water.

So, today both of us took something away from our walk. Bernie learned that a bass is a large black bird. I was once again reminded that things are not always as they first appear.

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