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Rusty followed
On and on Tyler trotted looking for the apples.
He smelled them. Their scent drifted on the air currents.
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Tyler led Rusty farther down the road than they had ever gone before
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Tyler stopped by a field of
strawberries
Rusty had stayed away from this because workers were planting it
last fall. Now it was sitting in winter dormancy.
"Are we there yet?"
Rusty asked.
"ARRRFFF!"
said Tyler because there was something that
frightened him. Rusty felt it, too. He was glad Tyler the Wonder Dog
was with him.
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Tyler alerted on somethinga potential danger!
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Rusty was scared.
Something in the distance made a sound that
caused Tyler to alert on it.
Tyler was scared, too.
They had never been so far into the miles and miles of orchard
access roads. It was near sunset on a Sunday. Rusty had no cell
phone if the scooter broke down, or if it skidded into a ditch, or
fell down a hole. He had to stay calm to keep his dog calm. On and
on they quietly scootered deeper into the lonely groves of trees.
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Apples!
Apples lay on the ground!
They rode through 40 acres of apple trees where bushels of fruits
lay dejectedly on the ground.
"Wow!"
Rusty thought to his self.
"I wonder if those are rotted or
edible?"
So he stopped and picked one up. When he bit into the skin his face
curled up in a smile!
"Yes!"
he exclaimed.
The apple was soft, fruity, and sweet.
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Rusty expected the Tin Woodman to be
around the next corner. Tyler had brought them to this magical
place.
Rusty gathered up enough yellow apples to fill the basket on the
scooter.
Tyler stared up at the birds chirping in the branches.
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"Good find Tyler!"
he shouted.
Rusty felt safe with Tyler guarding him
way out in this lonely, deserted place.
Even if the Wicked Witch of the West showed up Tyler would protect
Rusty.
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The secret of Tyler's eyes
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Tyler's eyes had swooping tan fur over
them like huge eyebrows. Dogs have eyebrows, unlike cats.
Tyler has black fur brows with long hairs almost like eye lashes.
His beautiful brown eyes were accented, magnified by the way the fur
colors grew around them.
His eyebrows rose up and down independently the same as a person
with an expressive face.
His look was compelling because his mouth was almost always open in
a dog smile. This caused people to frequently say out loud "What a
pretty dog!" or "What a good looking dog."
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Problem whiskers
Very few women wanted to kiss him, though. He had a lot of dog
whiskers that discouraged that.
Rusty told Tyler he had to shave, but never got around to teaching
Tyler to use the razor. Anyway you had to buy special PH balanced
dog shaving cream and expensive after dog shave so Rusty said
"Oh, forget it."
Thus it was that Tyler missed out on all those pretty ladies kissing
him.
Next adventure of
Tyler the Wonder Dog...
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