Loch Ness Llama

You know you are in small-town America when there’s a Dollar General that is your one-stop shop for everything from groceries to tools.  I picked up a few pool floats including one in the style of a llama.  It was a hot southern afternoon and I worked up a sweat getting it inflated but as I slid the ring over my head and floated in the cool, clear water my efforts seemed worth it.

Abby didn’t enjoy the water.  The only time I attempted to coax her into a pool, I was left with claw marks on my arms and a dog that clearly couldn’t swim.  She acquiesced to watching me from the pool’s edge.  I floated, arms wrapped around the llama’s neck.  I suddenly became aware of low growls.  Abby was at attention, staring at the pool creature.  She would come closer and then dart away with a half bark.  I kicked my legs to navigate near the edge and Abby ran out of the pool area and up to the top deck of the house.  She peered through the wrought iron bars, keeping watch over this creature from the deep.