By David Stewart

“What’s that? What’s that in the corner of my eye? It moves whenever I turn to see it. Hang on… it’s my tail! It’s my tail! I could bite it! Hooray! Come here tail. Wheeee chase the tail chase the tail chase the tail. Ooh I’m getting dizzy now. I’ll stop and have a scratch. Oooh hang on. What’s that I smell. Cat! I smell cat. Must chase cat! Run across the park. Whheee I love the way my ears flap. I’m sure I can run faster than this though, it’s like something is holding me back. Nevermind run fast! Through the hedge. Across the playground. This is great I love… whatever it is I’m doing. I think I was chasing something but I can’t remember what but it’s okay because I’m having a great run. Now I’ll run up to those kids and bark at them. That’s a great game which I’m sure they’ll understand the rules of straight away. See I run up and bark and you- oh they’ve gone. Nevermind there’s a pond! A pond a genuine pond with water and everything. Must run to the pond. Gee running is hard all of sudden, much harder than usual. Nevermind splash! Whahay! Fantastic look at all this water I can bark at. I love a good splash in water… wait a minute I seem to have some sort of lead attached to my collar. Hang on there’s some guy holding the lead. What’s going on there… oh it’s coming back to me now. All that Guide dog training I did. Oh yeah I remember now. That whole seeing-eye dog and the blindness and… ponds were definitely a no no. Oops. Right. Okay I’m a guide dog and that’s okay. I will lead the master back to the car park slowly and carefully and keep an eye out for traffic and… wait what’s that? What’s that in the corner of my eye? It moves whenever I turn to see it… It’s my Tail!”

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