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Cody Speaks!

Winter

Now that I'm older, it's time to reflect on those long ago days of my youth.
The last few days here in Georgia have been unseasonably warm, which made me long for
my old home in snowy Massachusetts.
Every day in the winter, when there was snow covering the ground, my Mom and her other kids, the ones who made a lot more noise than I ever did, would bundle up to go outside. As soon as the gathering of the boots began, I knew that we would soon be on our way to the big hill! This realization caused me to jump and spin and chase my tail. All of those little humans would jump on their plastic sleds and zoom away, squealing and barking with joy. OK, they might not have been barking. But whatever they were saying, I interpreted it as an invitation to steal their winter hats. Not requiring a sled to keep up, I took off after them, running alongside until I was just close enough to reach out, mouth open, and grab a hat. My humans really delighted in this trick. I could tell because they really started to laugh and bark. I always liked to think they were barking.
After 30 minutes of this, we were all tuckered out. Mom led us home and fixed hot chocolate for everyone. Of course, I didn't really like hot chocolate, so Mom gave me one of those hard, dry things that she calls "treats" (does she think I'm dumb?) and a marshmallow.
Ah....youth.