Saturday, February 04, 2006

Rahzel’s Unrequited Love

A few nights ago, K told a strange story about her dog and a wild deer.

After caring for the horses in the morning, K usually takes her dog Rahzel (a 50lb mix) for a walk through the fields and along a 15 acre lake which is on the property where she works.One morning, she heard a commotion behind the lake bank, a little distance away.A deer’s head appeared momentarily above the bank level and then disappeared.Rahzel immediately took off toward the lake.K ran behind.She heard a splash and saw several geese fly.When she reached the bank,the deer was swimming in the lake.Rahzel had jumped in and was swimming toward it.

The deer reached a point where several trees had fallen into the lake and scrambled to a position where she was standing on the trees. Rahzel joined her in the same position and the two began to touch noses. After a short time, Rahzel wanted to further the acquaintance by sniffing at her rear end. The deer did not like this and moved her backside away from him. They formed a rotating pinwheel with Rahzel continually trying to approach her backside and the deer moving it away in a circular motion. This went on for some time.

The deer finally broke off and began to swim across the lake,with Rahzel swimming right along with her. K finally succeeded in calling him and he returned to her. They watched the deer swim completely across the lake and climb ashore. She was wobbly and could hardly stand up—apparently exhausted. Finally, she regained her strength and walked into the woods.

Since that day, Rahzel gets very excited when they come within view of the lake. He breaks off and runs to it-- his tail wagging in anticipation of seeing the deer. Sadly, she has not appeared again,

But perhaps it is for the best. They came from such different backgrounds that it probably would not have worked out.

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