04-02-2015, 10:38 AM
Ralph the Wonder Dog
I’d been losing eggs.
I’d suspected snakes
but they swallow whole
and I’d found broken shells
so I hid and watched, astonished
when my cocker spaniel nosed a red hen aside
and took her egg.
Looking thoughtful
she worked it around in her mouth
then casually, head back,
her neck a vertical line,
she crunched back teeth together
swallowed
lowered her head
and spat out the pieces of shell;
like reading Agatha Christie –
so clever and so well-done.
I’d been losing eggs.
I’d suspected snakes
but they swallow whole
and I’d found broken shells
so I hid and watched, astonished
when my cocker spaniel nosed a red hen aside
and took her egg.
Looking thoughtful
she worked it around in her mouth
then casually, head back,
her neck a vertical line,
she crunched back teeth together
swallowed
lowered her head
and spat out the pieces of shell;
like reading Agatha Christie –
so clever and so well-done.