Tigger

by carolynholm

Dear Alpha Mommy,

You’ve hidden my Tigger!

XOXO Poppy

 

Dear Poppy,

You were destroying it, Sweetie.

Love, Carolyn

 

Dear Alpha Mommy,

I was loving it!

XOXO Poppy

 

Dear Poppy,

You chewed the face off. It was looking grotesque.

Love, Carolyn

 

Dear Alpha Mommy,

One eye was still there.

XOXO Poppy

 

Dear Poppy,

Not for long. And the head would have been the next to go. I’m not going to watch a beheading. Even if it is a toy.

Love, Carolyn

 

Dear Alpha Mommy,

But you let me chew my Nylabones.

XOXO Poppy

 

Dear Poppy,

Your bones don’t have a face.

Love, Carolyn

 

Dear Alpha Mommy,

Molly said we should chew up our toys.

XOXO Poppy

 

Dear Poppy,

Molly has a long reach, hasn’t she. She has been gone for ages and she still runs this household. But sweetie, not all of her advice was good. She had no use for toys because she was a serious working dog. And she was very comfortable with violence. Remember how much she relished killing rats?

Love, Carolyn

 

Dear Alpha Mommy,

The rat killing was horrifying! But really exciting!!!!!!!!!

XOXO Poppy

 

Dear Poppy,

Well, it may have been, from a dog’s point of view. And it was one of her jobs.

Love, Carolyn

 

Dear Alpha Mommy,

What were her other jobs?

XOXO Poppy

 

Dear Poppy,

In addition to killing rats she protected our house, and maintained the household agenda. It was a lot to handle, but she was a Terrier, and as she liked to point out, Terriers are Competent.

Love, Carolyn

 

Dear Alpha Mommy,

That’s a hard act to follow.

XOXO Poppy

 

Dear Poppy,

You have your own jobs, sweetie – to keep the crows out of the birdbath and to take me for a daily walk. You’re proving quite competent yourself.

Love, Carolyn

 

Dear Alpha Mommy,

So I think I deserve to get my Tigger back.

XOXO Poppy

 

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