Tuesday, March 30, 2010

Frederique

This is my dog, Frederique. She has been in my family since I was seven. Frederique is a rare breed of dog known as German Shepherd. Soon after Frederique arrived at our house, we noticed that she seemed to have a knack for reading books. We thought this was impossible because all of the books in our house were written in English and she could probably only read German. However, Frederique seemed to enjoy them nonetheless as she read everything she could get her paws on.

A few years ago, I would often come home and find Frederique attempting to read books with her teeth. Sensing her frustration, I took her to the finest canine optometrist that I could find - Hans Delbruck. After probing Frederique for what seemed like minutes, Dr. Delbruck finally fitted her with a pair of doggie glasses. At first I recoiled because the glasses seemed to have no lenses. But Frederique barked her approval and Dr. Delbruck assured me that they would help Frederique with her reading.

Several months passed and I thought that everything was perfect, but something was missing in our lives - warmth. As everyone knows, it's impossible to read a book when you're cold and it's common knowledge that if you have a blanket on, then you can't stick your arms out from underneath it. Then the Snuggie came into our lives. Now Frederique can finally read and be warm at the same time! And that's how the Snuggie saved our house from burning down.

1 comment:

Sista GP said...

I was following well until the last sentence.