Bow, Bow.....

Some time ago, I had written a post for the dog lovers of the world. With a dog running around (in) our home, actually there are a thousand things that I should be sharing. Be that as it may, I cannot resist saying this: Our dog must be the only one of its kind who is scared of 'bow, bow'!!!

If you do not believe me then you must read further on.

Just a couple days back in the evening, a friend of mine with his wife dropped in. After our chatting session was over they got up to leave. As I held the door open, out went our one year-old (dog) which was quite typical of her. After the friends left, I stood outside watching her smell the grass, survey the new off-shoots in the tree at the corner of our garden, examine the centipede who appeared to be hurrying home after a hard days work, put her nose into the tiny shell of a garden snail who was backtracking at the sight of a giant drooling snout (by snail standards, please) - generally doing all those doggy things I was accustomed to see. After giving her sufficient time to indulge in her routine, I called her in. She looked up, saw me calling and decided to ignore. As I stood barefoot calling her in, my patience dried up. I tried barking her name to show my displeasure. She not only ignored the tone but proceeded outside our gate, telling me that she would not care. The other option for me was to go running barefoot behind her. Instead, I thought of seeing what she will do if I said something terse.

Calling her name, I said," you better come inside quickly. Other wise the 'bow, bow' will come and get you".

Lo, behold! Our heroine suddenly perked up her head from her country-side research, looked left and right with great alert and....in a jiffy, darted inside the house and hid under the sofa!!!!

The entire household was writhing in laughter. She must be the only dog in the universe who could be scared by saying 'bow, bow aajayega. Jaldi aao!!!!!'.

(PS: I do not know about other societies in the world, but in India small kids are usually scared into eating their food by saying that if they do not eat, a dog will come and grab their food. They better hurry, lest they want to go hungry!!!)