While waiting for friends at a local park, I saw two dogs, one, a black Labrador, and another, a German Shepherd, chasing a tennis ball in a grassy area outside the fenced-in tennis courts.
They were running after the ball their owner volleyed into the air with a tennis racket. Eagerly they ran side by side until one of them brought the ball back for the next round. The two mates were not competing against each other. They were just enjoying a friendly game of run and fetch on a sunny day at the park.
But if they were, the Lab would definitely be the undisputed winner. He scored all the runs. His mate, the scoreless Shepherd, was always a head-length behind him. After a few more runs, the Shepherd somehow gave out an impression of defeat or maybe fatigue. He was crestfallen for not being able to fetch the ball even once until an errant tennis ball flew right over a metal fence. It landed near where these two dogs were. And I could see right a way how excited that Shepherd was when he saw there was another ball nearby. He was elated. Finally when he ran toward his owner with that stray tennis ball in his mouth and his wooly head high, he was kind of telling the onlooker: "See, I can fetch too!"
Unfortunately it was not a good day for the Shepherd. Celebration for his home run was brief. The ensuring tug-a-war between the beast and man was laborious. The poor dog was so adamant about returning that slimy ball to its rightful owner.
What I observed of these two dogs romping around in the park may be so inconsequential. But the spontaneous smile and laughter their innocent acts brought out of me are simply priceless. - Ayee
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