There's a whump mark in the snow where Old Lugh, ever the unpredictable trickster, played a merry jest upon an over confidant squirrel. Either that or the faeries have finally decided to shovel.
Wally’s ashes might’a washed up on the beach today... Last Saturday night, we swam out to the barge The one that got stuck on the shoal two years ago in the big storm... Waves were biggest I can remember Could’a got killed if ya tried swimmin' Daddy told us to never go down to the beach if the weather was storm’n But, stupid Wally did, so we followed He just ran right down there, jumped in the water and went down a whole buncha times We thought he was a goner Nelly ran back up to the house scream’n at the top of her lungs Daddy came down... But, somehow Wally came back Soakin’ wet and stinking like hell Daddy gave us all a whoopin' and sent us to our room for the rest of the day.. ’cept poor Wally, ‘cause he just got no dinner, Sometimes, I wonder where Wally is... Daddy says he’s gone to a better place Mama says she’s just glad Wally ain’t lickin her dinner plates no more... Me and Nelly used to give Wally all our yucky bits...and Mama would catch us and then tell Daddy and. Daddy would yell at us and tell us that we was bein’ mean to the dog and that he was gonna come back and haunt us when he got dead... We ain’t heard no Wally ghost yet... Nelly thought she heard him on Thursday night, but it was just Homer our cat... Outside on the window sill doin’ cat stuff... Daddy and I were home on the day Wally got dead... Friday afternoon, nearly two weeks back Me and Daddy was goin' out in the pickup truck to get Mama and Nelly... We thought Wally was in the back When we got to the end of the driveway, Daddy stopped ‘cause he saw Mr. Jenkins comin, then we turned out into the road, Wally came runnin down beside us and smacked right into the tire of Mr. Jenkins’s ‘ol box truck He just fell down and didn’t move... I didn’t see no blood... Daddy made me stay in the truck while he and Mr. Jenkins’s got out to see if Wally was o.k. They just stood there starin... Ol’ Mr. Jenkins got back in truck and drove away.. Finally Daddy picked Wally up and put him in the back of our truck... We turned round and went back up the drive to the house... Daddy told me to run inside and grab a blanket and told me to make sure that it wasn’t one of Mama’s good ones He wrapped Wally up and left him beside the shed... I didn’t even cry... I don’t know why ‘cause I saw the whole thing Daddy says it’s ‘cause I’m big boy and that cryin is for girls Mama said there ain’t no relationship near as close as a boy n’ his dog Later that night, me and Nelly cried a whole bunch in our room... We could see the real big fire outside behind the shed... Daddy told us it was so the angels could see where Wally was and they would come and take him to doggy heaven... Next night, Daddy, me and Nelly swam out to the barge Daddy says I’m getting to be a good swimmer now.. That’s cause I practice lots… I wanna be a famous swimmer.. Like Johnny Weizmuller But Daddy says I’m still too skinny to be Tarzan I did carry the big grey pail with Wally’s ashes inside… though Daddy said that the water would be a good place to put Wally - see’n he liked it so much... We sprinkled Wally into the water and then Daddy said a kinda’ prayer... Nelly was bawlin’ so much Daddy had to carry her when we swam back to shore... That’s why me and Nelly still come down here everyday... I don’t know what Wally’s goin look like if he comes back... Daddy says he ain’t comin’ back... Mama says she‘s just glad he ain’t lickin her dinner plated no more Nelly says, ‘He’s goin look like a skeleton But, I don’t think so, ‘cause he got all burned up So I think he’s just gonna look like dirt....
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A RIVER OF STONES #14
Wally’s ashes might’a washed up on the beach today...
Last Saturday night, we swam out to the barge
The one that got stuck on the shoal two years ago in the big storm...
Waves were biggest I can remember
Could’a got killed if ya tried swimmin'
Daddy told us to never go down to the beach if the weather was storm’n
But, stupid Wally did, so we followed
He just ran right down there, jumped in the water and went down a whole buncha times
We thought he was a goner
Nelly ran back up to the house scream’n at the top of her lungs
Daddy came down...
But, somehow Wally came back
Soakin’ wet and stinking like hell
Daddy gave us all a whoopin' and sent us to our room for the rest of the day..
’cept poor Wally, ‘cause he just got no dinner,
Sometimes, I wonder where Wally is...
Daddy says he’s gone to a better place
Mama says she’s just glad Wally ain’t lickin her dinner plates no more...
Me and Nelly used to give Wally all our yucky bits...and Mama would catch us and then tell Daddy and.
Daddy would yell at us and tell us that we was bein’ mean to the dog and that he was gonna come back and haunt us when he got dead...
We ain’t heard no Wally ghost yet...
Nelly thought she heard him on Thursday night, but it was just Homer our cat...
Outside on the window sill doin’ cat stuff...
Daddy and I were home on the day Wally got dead...
Friday afternoon, nearly two weeks back
Me and Daddy was goin' out in the pickup truck to get Mama and Nelly...
We thought Wally was in the back
When we got to the end of the driveway,
Daddy stopped ‘cause he saw Mr. Jenkins comin, then we turned out into the road,
Wally came runnin down beside us and smacked right into the tire of Mr. Jenkins’s ‘ol box truck
He just fell down and didn’t move...
I didn’t see no blood...
Daddy made me stay in the truck while he and Mr. Jenkins’s got out to see if Wally was o.k.
They just stood there starin...
Ol’ Mr. Jenkins got back in truck and drove away..
Finally Daddy picked Wally up and put him in the back of our truck...
We turned round and went back up the drive to the house...
Daddy told me to run inside and grab a blanket and told me to make sure that it wasn’t one of Mama’s good ones
He wrapped Wally up and left him beside the shed...
I didn’t even cry... I don’t know why ‘cause I saw the whole thing
Daddy says it’s ‘cause I’m big boy and that cryin is for girls
Mama said there ain’t no relationship near as close as a boy n’ his dog
Later that night, me and Nelly cried a whole bunch in our room...
We could see the real big fire outside behind the shed...
Daddy told us it was so the angels could see where
Wally was and they would come and take him to doggy heaven...
Next night, Daddy, me and Nelly swam out to the barge
Daddy says I’m getting to be a good swimmer now..
That’s cause I practice lots… I wanna be a famous swimmer..
Like Johnny Weizmuller
But Daddy says I’m still too skinny to be Tarzan
I did carry the big grey pail with Wally’s ashes inside… though
Daddy said that the water would be a good place to put Wally - see’n he liked it so much...
We sprinkled Wally into the water and then Daddy said a kinda’ prayer...
Nelly was bawlin’ so much Daddy had to carry her when we swam back to shore...
That’s why me and Nelly still come down here everyday...
I don’t know what Wally’s goin look like if he comes back...
Daddy says he ain’t comin’ back...
Mama says she‘s just glad he ain’t lickin her dinner plated no more
Nelly says, ‘He’s goin look like a skeleton
But, I don’t think so, ‘cause he got all burned up
So I think he’s just gonna look like dirt....
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