Patches

hi there!

i've spent the last few hours

sewing up those curtains...

i'll show you tomorrow,

'cos today

i've got a true story of heroism for you...

mr m is not such a 'bad santa'

{see yesterday!}

but to a little dog like this one

and his family...

he's a hero!

on sunday morning

mr w had to move his ute out of the driveway

so mr p could get his out to go to church.

when mr w parked on the side of the road...

a little white and tan jack russell terrier

was hobbling up the hill and parked himself under the ute.

about 10 minutes later

mr w was taking the ute out

so the dog moved from under the ute to under my car

which was sitting under a big jacaranda tree.

it was mr m {formerly known as 'bad santa'}

who said, mum, i'll put him in the front yard...

{to be safe, 'cos we live on a very busy road}

and you ring the rspca.

{i tell you, there's a compassionate, dog-lovin' heart in the guy!}

the rspca said 'can you bring him in?'

i said 'in a while, not immediately',

'o.k.' they said...

about an hour later...

the rspca called us

and said there was a man that had rung..

looking for a dog like we had described.

happy ending...

the man came around.

the dog wagged his little tired tail in recognition...

the man was overjoyed.

the little dog's name was 'patches'...

he'd run from miles away

when the fireworks began on new year's eve...

and had walked alone for two days,

with no food {the man said he'd lost a lot of weight}...

and a little sore leg.

{he had no collar on him

'cos his master had given him a bath earlier that day.}

the man used to live in a street nearby

a few years ago.

'patches' was probably thinking

he was heading home!

we watched and waved as the man and his little terrier

got in their small red car and drove off home...

i love happy endings!

naturally Carol xox

p.s...seems that 'bad santa' outfit was just a cover up for mr m's 'super hero' garb!

pps..miss b spent a wonderful 3 days at niagra falls over new year going to fancy restaurants, watching fireworks and new year's concerts! she's lovin' canada...and mr g!