zacchi's big adventure

It was a nice day for a good long walk... until they got near the town.

Zacchi knew it was a bad idea, he tried to tell Kay over and over. She just picked him up and carried him past the big dogs.

It was good fun at Haide's place, a cat to chase, trees to count, lots to sniff. When it was time to go home Zacchi tried all over again to tell Kay it was a bad idea.

She carried him past the wild dogs up on the bank.

She ran with him up the street until there were people.

She coaxed him to walk past the card players at the bar.

She bent down to pick him up near the butcher's shop where the big dogs "hang out".

She was too late. A big dog moved. Zacchi moved. Kay moved.

Zacchi was the fastest. He ran. He ran. He ran.

Faster than a speeding bullet. Past the running dogs. Past the card players. Past the grocer's shop. Past the scary dogs. Past the wild dogs.

The grocer ran. Down the street. All the way to the statue.

Zacchi had gone. He had outsprinted 9 scary dogs in three different parts of the town.

A man on a bike stopped. What were we looking for? A little dog on a lead. He was down past the cemetery. What is the little dog's name? I will look for Zacchi, he said. The man on the motor bike turned and went back.

Kay called Haide. Please look for Zacchi, Kay said.

The motor bike man came back. No Zacchi.

Kay's telephone rang. It was Haide.

I have Zacchi, she said. I called him. He came fast. Very very fast.

This time Kay carried Zacchi for nearly 2 kilometres. Kay got tired. Then Zacchi ran the rest of the way home.

Grrrr, Zacchi, Kay did not need this adventure!