You Lucky Dog

Nephew Jake's pet dog, known by the name "Lucky," did, in fact, get lucky recently. The evidence is in the 7 young puppies, delivered naturally, sometime between dark on Friday night and daylight on Saturday morning. Our reporter on the scene said that the likely cause of this family addition is credited to Jake's other pet dog, "Blue."

In other news, Jake believes his latest critter endeavor will arrive today. Expected in the shipment are 4 quail eggs he hopes will hatch so he can then raise them. This will increase his fowl population significantly. Unknown is how the ducks, chickens and other assorted critters around the family farm will react to all the "youngsters" rapidly coming on the scene. If history is a lesson, they will barely notice.

Finally, Nephew Jack remained by the creek, more interested in tadpoles and frogs and craw-dads than critters confined to terra firma.

Oh, how I miss the simple life.