Visited the City Creek Mall on Friday night with my niece
and boyfriend. Waiting for the elevator, the doors open and a girl about five
years old exclaims, “Oh, how cute, please come in this elevator, please, please!”
The elevator is going down and we need to go up, so we say Sorry as the doors close.
We continue to wait and then the elevator appears again, this time going up. The
door opens and it is the same family with the pleading little girl, only this
time she is cheering, YAY! We step in laughing as the cute girl makes room for
Racer to sit right beside her. I love encountering polite children and she just
calmly stands near my dog saying sweet little things like, what a good boy,
what a sweet dog!
There is a creek running down the center of this mall, and
we decide to stop and see if Racer notices the large koi fish that are swimming
in the creek. My boyfriend tells me that Racer starts to curiously watch the
fish; his ears perk up and the tail starts wagging. Passersby stop to watch my dog watch the fish.
This morning we went to the park for a walk. Racer decides
he needs to relieve and my boyfriend says he will do the honors. He takes the
leash and steps onto the grass while I hold the harness and stay on the
sidewalk. After a few minutes, I hear my boyfriend’s footsteps and my dog
sidles up to me and leans into the back of my legs. I say hello, and am about
to reach down to buckle the harness on when I hear a guy say, “C’mon, lets go
buddy.” I suddenly realize it isn’t my boyfriend or my dog! The owner gently pulls on his
leash and they walk away. Then my boyfriend walks up. Having seen the whole
thing, he says, “It was a black lab.” At least I had the breed right!” Smiles
ensue.