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Sidi Speaks! *season's greetings*
Best wishes to you no matter what you celebrate or however you do so! Sidi Dog wrote this little story last year, and has requested that I share it with you now:
Sidi and the Weird Sparkly-bits Tree!
A Holiday story from Orlando’s Dog, as told to Pecos
It is just Not Fair to get home from a Long Ride and be put in the Den and your Alpha Male just ups and leaves again! Sure, he petted me and gave me Crunchy Good Things in my Bowl, but they were gone in a moment or two and a very long time without Food stretched before me – maybe like forever – and now the Outside door was shut and I was alone in the big empty Den. I went on patrol around the house and looked for Interesting Things, but nothing much had changed since the last time I was there and the trash bins were empty and the bed was all smooth and boring and it was Quiet! Even my Toy! Basket didn’t call to me and I had to sigh the Big Doggie sigh.
Then I found that the door to the room with big windows was closed tight and that’s not fair either! I needed to look Outside through those windows to make sure that the Evil Guy in the Big Brown Truck isn’t trying to come to our Den again. That guy had been around a Lot lately, and I’m going to bite him if I get the chance! He’s up to No Good! I pushed hard on the door with my nose and it finally popped open and my claws went click clack on the hard floor.
But I forgot all about the Evil Truck Guy because there was something totally New! In the room and it was Huge! I know you won’t believe this, but there was now a tree living right there inside our Den! It was a pointy tree that reached all the way to the top of the room, and it was covered all over with shiny things and sparkly things and glittering lights! Some Crazy Person had been molesting that tree! But there’s even more strange stuff about my story, because all around the floor beneath the tree were boxes, and they had all kinds of new and exciting smells coming from them! My night was saved!
The first box was almost as big as my Sidi bag that holds all my stuff when we Travel, and there was ribbon like a belt and smooth paper that made a Crinkle! noise as I pulled on the ribbon. As I got inside that box there was a wonderful smell of someone I know from the past, maybe Livvie Lou with the nose-in-the-air Dog and Roy, and the box had a heavy thing in it you couldn’t eat, so I pushed it out of the way. The next box smelled all over of Citrus-smell Billy, and that box was tough and hard, but inside were things made of cloth and a box of Cookies! They were delicious, and I licked up all the crumbs and ate most of the package to be sure I got it all. The package behind that one had come from Quick-fingers Dominic, and it was wrapped very sloppy, but the paper was fun to run around the room with it in your mouth. There was nothing to eat in that one either.
Then I pulled out a box filled with soft cloths in all sorts of colors that made your eyes go funny to look at them, and this box smelled a little bit like Treats-in-Pocket Man. I dug through the cloths because there was something else in there, and when I found it there was a New Squeaker Toy! and that had to be for ME! because it went “SqueeeksqueeesqueeeeSQUEAK!” when I chomped on it and I ran All Over the House with *My New Toy!* and then I hid it in the closet and came back for some More Fun with the pointy tree that reached all the way to the top of the room.
There was another box that had a little metal thing in it that smelled kinda like the noisy-box I’m-on-the-phone! and it was all wrapped up so I just gave it a good shake to be sure there was no Toys in that box. I think the person’s hands on that box had maybe been Elijah with the burning weeds, and there was lots of paper on the outside and the inside of that one. Then there was a thing made of wood that I couldn’t get inside of, and then a long, long bit of cloth that had been made by my Alpha Male’s dam in her own hands and lap and that smelled like flowers and chicken roasting. Another sturdy package had a book in it, and books are boring, so I shoved that one out of the way mostly under the Get Off! couch. Behind all of these boxes was a flat thing tipped up against the wall, and the paper on that one had come from Chemical-smell Man! and the thing inside stunk of those chemicals he rubs onto flat things. I decided that I better leave that totally alone because I know a Dog who got a Spanking! once for touching one of Viggo’s flat things!
That was most of the packages from underneath the pointy tree that reached all the way to the top of the room, so now I decided to play with the shiny things and sparkly things and glittering lights! They were Lots of Fun! to knock down and chase, and some of the lights got wound around and around and pulled off and the tree tipped over like it was in a wind, but I shook free and it went back up to almost the ceiling and rocked and tipped like my tail (which was wagging, I have to say!) Some of the sparkly things broke and some of them went Crunch! when I took them in my mouth, so I decided that maybe they were better left on the tree, even though I’ve never seen a tree grow those things before!
It was really Late by then, and I was Very Tired. So I pissed on the tree to tell everyone that it’s Mine! and I would be back to play with it some more, and then I went upstairs to mess up the smooth bed and make a nest. I was Very Sound Asleep and having a dream about biting the Evil Guy with the Big Brown Truck when my Alpha apparently came home. I could hear him Real Clear as he shouted my name!
“SIDI!”
I went Running downstairs to let him know I was glad that he was Home!...
Note In Orlando's Christmas Cards:
Dear Peter, Fran, Ian, Elijah, Viggo, Bills, Sblomie, Elf Princess, Sean and Mum,
I’ll be calling you in a few days to catch up on the news and wish you a Happy Christmas, but I wanted you to know that I got your fabulous painting, scarf, backgammon board, travel kit, nude tiki god, crystal vase, book, tartan, shirts, PDA, and shreds of shortbread package and I thank you from the bottom of my heart. Unfortunately, I’ll have to ask you personally exactly which gift is which since Sidi ate the tags, along with almost everything else, during his own one-dog Holiday party. I love you and I look forward to talking to you. Yours, Orlando
PS: Viggo, the painting is beautiful! I especially like the use of tinfoil and sunscreen
Sidi and the Weird Sparkly-bits Tree!
A Holiday story from Orlando’s Dog, as told to Pecos
It is just Not Fair to get home from a Long Ride and be put in the Den and your Alpha Male just ups and leaves again! Sure, he petted me and gave me Crunchy Good Things in my Bowl, but they were gone in a moment or two and a very long time without Food stretched before me – maybe like forever – and now the Outside door was shut and I was alone in the big empty Den. I went on patrol around the house and looked for Interesting Things, but nothing much had changed since the last time I was there and the trash bins were empty and the bed was all smooth and boring and it was Quiet! Even my Toy! Basket didn’t call to me and I had to sigh the Big Doggie sigh.
Then I found that the door to the room with big windows was closed tight and that’s not fair either! I needed to look Outside through those windows to make sure that the Evil Guy in the Big Brown Truck isn’t trying to come to our Den again. That guy had been around a Lot lately, and I’m going to bite him if I get the chance! He’s up to No Good! I pushed hard on the door with my nose and it finally popped open and my claws went click clack on the hard floor.
But I forgot all about the Evil Truck Guy because there was something totally New! In the room and it was Huge! I know you won’t believe this, but there was now a tree living right there inside our Den! It was a pointy tree that reached all the way to the top of the room, and it was covered all over with shiny things and sparkly things and glittering lights! Some Crazy Person had been molesting that tree! But there’s even more strange stuff about my story, because all around the floor beneath the tree were boxes, and they had all kinds of new and exciting smells coming from them! My night was saved!
The first box was almost as big as my Sidi bag that holds all my stuff when we Travel, and there was ribbon like a belt and smooth paper that made a Crinkle! noise as I pulled on the ribbon. As I got inside that box there was a wonderful smell of someone I know from the past, maybe Livvie Lou with the nose-in-the-air Dog and Roy, and the box had a heavy thing in it you couldn’t eat, so I pushed it out of the way. The next box smelled all over of Citrus-smell Billy, and that box was tough and hard, but inside were things made of cloth and a box of Cookies! They were delicious, and I licked up all the crumbs and ate most of the package to be sure I got it all. The package behind that one had come from Quick-fingers Dominic, and it was wrapped very sloppy, but the paper was fun to run around the room with it in your mouth. There was nothing to eat in that one either.
Then I pulled out a box filled with soft cloths in all sorts of colors that made your eyes go funny to look at them, and this box smelled a little bit like Treats-in-Pocket Man. I dug through the cloths because there was something else in there, and when I found it there was a New Squeaker Toy! and that had to be for ME! because it went “SqueeeksqueeesqueeeeSQUEAK!” when I chomped on it and I ran All Over the House with *My New Toy!* and then I hid it in the closet and came back for some More Fun with the pointy tree that reached all the way to the top of the room.
There was another box that had a little metal thing in it that smelled kinda like the noisy-box I’m-on-the-phone! and it was all wrapped up so I just gave it a good shake to be sure there was no Toys in that box. I think the person’s hands on that box had maybe been Elijah with the burning weeds, and there was lots of paper on the outside and the inside of that one. Then there was a thing made of wood that I couldn’t get inside of, and then a long, long bit of cloth that had been made by my Alpha Male’s dam in her own hands and lap and that smelled like flowers and chicken roasting. Another sturdy package had a book in it, and books are boring, so I shoved that one out of the way mostly under the Get Off! couch. Behind all of these boxes was a flat thing tipped up against the wall, and the paper on that one had come from Chemical-smell Man! and the thing inside stunk of those chemicals he rubs onto flat things. I decided that I better leave that totally alone because I know a Dog who got a Spanking! once for touching one of Viggo’s flat things!
That was most of the packages from underneath the pointy tree that reached all the way to the top of the room, so now I decided to play with the shiny things and sparkly things and glittering lights! They were Lots of Fun! to knock down and chase, and some of the lights got wound around and around and pulled off and the tree tipped over like it was in a wind, but I shook free and it went back up to almost the ceiling and rocked and tipped like my tail (which was wagging, I have to say!) Some of the sparkly things broke and some of them went Crunch! when I took them in my mouth, so I decided that maybe they were better left on the tree, even though I’ve never seen a tree grow those things before!
It was really Late by then, and I was Very Tired. So I pissed on the tree to tell everyone that it’s Mine! and I would be back to play with it some more, and then I went upstairs to mess up the smooth bed and make a nest. I was Very Sound Asleep and having a dream about biting the Evil Guy with the Big Brown Truck when my Alpha apparently came home. I could hear him Real Clear as he shouted my name!
“SIDI!”
I went Running downstairs to let him know I was glad that he was Home!...
Note In Orlando's Christmas Cards:
Dear Peter, Fran, Ian, Elijah, Viggo, Bills, Sblomie, Elf Princess, Sean and Mum,
I’ll be calling you in a few days to catch up on the news and wish you a Happy Christmas, but I wanted you to know that I got your fabulous painting, scarf, backgammon board, travel kit, nude tiki god, crystal vase, book, tartan, shirts, PDA, and shreds of shortbread package and I thank you from the bottom of my heart. Unfortunately, I’ll have to ask you personally exactly which gift is which since Sidi ate the tags, along with almost everything else, during his own one-dog Holiday party. I love you and I look forward to talking to you. Yours, Orlando
PS: Viggo, the painting is beautiful! I especially like the use of tinfoil and sunscreen
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I am so fond of your Sidi-eye-view!
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Totally reminds me of a shepard named Dingo (in doggie heaven now) who really hated my step-dad's business partner's wife. One day she left her purse in the lounge while we all went down to the lake, when we came home Dingo had opened her purse, opened her wallet and taken every credit card out -- gingerly -- not a tooth mark on anything and put them all around the room. My parents were mortified but after we left none of us could stop laughing. He would leave you all kinds of messages when he was pissed at you. I always wanted to know what went on in his head.
Hope you're snuggled up warm and toasty in Colorado. rb
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Warm? It was like 70F here today! Good for us, since we'll be in the southern hemisphere soon, but hard on the winter plants. Have your read Sidi's other stories on my lj? He's done like 20 adventures over there, just use the Sidi Stories tag...
And thank you very much for commenting! Cheers!
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Oh, I was so waiting for that to happen! LMAO
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Thank you for commenting! *hugs*
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Thank you for the note!
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