lollipops & triple beams

Oak · 08-16-2010, 12:04 AM

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The sun was setting. The puppy's deep blue eyes were transfixed by the swirling color to the West, where the sun sat low against the horizon. He cocked his head to one side as he watched, wondering where the bright yellow orb went when it was not lighting the sky above his world. He lay among a small clump of bushes nestled deep within the apple orchard, one of his favorite places. In the sun's waning orange light, the leaves were bright green and yellowing at the edges, the apples like red lights hanging merrily from their branches.

He was pushing the envelope, staying out so close to sundown. But he was unafraid, unthinking of the dangers that he'd been warned of. Whining softly, Oak rose to his oversize paws, racing with soft thuds of the grass to an oddly-shaped tree. The branches twisted from low on the trunk, just begging him to climb them. With a mischievous smile, the red-furred boy scratched at the lowest branch, getting a feel for the hard wood. Next he hefted both front limbs over the branch and attempted to haul himself upon it.

At first he succeeded only in hanging like a rag over the treelimb, its hard line squashing his rolly-polly belly. Ouf! he groaned when swinging his hind legs only pushed him over the edge, landing him on his back. But he was not one to give up easily. He got right up again and inspected another low hanging branch. It was wider and flatter than the skinny snake of his previous attempt. This time, Oak used all the power in his small body to heave first his front paws, then one of his hinds, over the side of the branch. He carefully folded one paw over the other lay in a sphinx like position, one hind leg on either side. A gleeful smile brightened his features.

He had forgotten about the sun and instead thought of his brothers, wanting them there to see his accomplishment (even though he hadn't exactly climbed the tree).

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