Daisy, The Wonder Dog

I arrived home late last night and was greeted with a gift from Daisy, The Wonder Dog. There, lying on the porch, exactly in front of the door, was the carcass of a rabbit. It is hard for me to believe that Daisy, The Wonder Dog, chased it down and ended its life. More likely, one of the cats did the dirty work. But, since I was not around to witness the act, TWD took the credit and laid it out for me as a welcome home present. She was proud of the offering. What was striking was that Daisy seemed to treat the rabbit as if he/she was a pup. She nuzzled it. She slept next to it. This morning, the rabbit was gone. But, mid-afternoon, TWD strolled across the front yard with the poor rabbit in her mouth. I watched as she laid it down in the cool, freshly mown grass, and protected it as if it were her own. My inclination was to take the rabbit and bury it but TWD would dig it up. Daisy keeps her toys close. She has a yellow ball that has been around here for years. She leaves it and always manages to find it. Once I found the yellow ball floating in the lake. The yellow ball is instructive. Could be that Daisy wants the poor little rabbit to feel a little love as it exits this world. Maybe Daisy is dreaming that one day, she and the rabbit will run in the fields together. Or, else, she’ll eat it and confirm that she is, in fact, a dog.