AHS Manuevers ....with Dad....

It was clear an' dark an' a lil' cold.  It had rained all day, an' we all had been stuck inside.  The nite was just perfect...the kinda nite that you just know holds some kind of excitement an' all the nite time critters would be out.  Lexie an' I were not gonna be disappointed. 

"Hey!"......

"MOM...DAD!"....

(shoot...they're watchin' tv an' not payin' a bit of attention to me!)

"HEY!"....  <followed up by several loud paw slaps on the glass door>   

That got their attention!   Dad opened the door,  an' I gave him one quick "follow me, we've got a situation" bark an' just waited a moment to make sure he "got it".   Then as he grabbed mom's lite, I spun around an' took off into the nite.

Dad came out shinin' the lite across the yard....mom was behind him at the door, for once able to watch the action...she thought.  She asked him if he could see where I went.  He told her that obviously, he was given some kind of instruction as to what was goin' on, but her wasn't sure what it was.  An' he could see me in the far corner. 

After a few minutes, dad came back towards the house.  Mom asked him what happened, an' he said that I was doin' some serious patrollin' in the far corner, but he didn't see anythin'.  Then mom asked him where Lexie was.  (She was enjoyin' watchin' dad gettin' a chance to experience  typical nite time AHS manuevers).  Back he went out into the yard w/the lite.....mom was kinda snickerin'.   Again, he came back an' said that he thinks Lexie was on her way to the house, an' she should be comin' around the far side of the pond in a minute or two.

He was right!  She was on her way to the house. 

Mom was standin' on the patio as dad was gettin' ready to greet Lexie...an' tell her what a good girl she was.  Lexie was almost to dad when mom quietly informed him that Lexie had somethin' in her mouth.....an' it had a long tail!!

As soon as Lexie got close to dad, he grabbed her collar.  Mom told him that he had to pet her, so she wouldn't think she was in trouble.  Meanwhile, mom was tryin' to identify what was in her mouth w/out touchin' it.   She couldn't tell.....it was grey, had a long tail an' she thought it had little round ears.  All the while, Lexie was just standin' there....w/it in her mouth. 

Dad told mom to get his big grilling gloves...well, just the right hand one.  She got that an' a couple pieces of chicken.....by now, mom was havin' a hard time not laughin' outloud......she said bein' on the outside of one of these capers was a lot more fun........dad didn't think so.

Anyway, she gave dad the glove.....showed Lexie the chicken an' let her smell it.  Then she gave Lexie the "drop it" signal.  Lexie dropped the critter an' took the chicken.  Then mom showed her the other piece of chicken an' pointed to the door an' said go to the kitchen.  Now, we're still not sure what Lexie can hear...but we're beginnin' to think she can read lips...'cause she sure understands to go to the kitchen.   

Lexie went into the kitchen an' mom gave her some more chicken.....an' since I'm the head of AHS an' did everythin' I was s'posed to do as well as reportin' a successful mission....I got chicken, too.

While Lexie an' I were enjoyin' our rewards,  dad came back in the house w/mom's lite an' his one glove.  He said it was a baby possum....an' it was playin' possum, didn't seem "none the worse for wear"...just a lil' soggy, well maybe a lot soggy.  Lexie did have it in her mouth for quiet awhile, lol.    He put it in the bushes on the other side of our yard in the field.   Hope it learned it's lesson.

I just don't understand Lexie's facination w/wantin' to keep these critters.  Mom wants to know where are the other dozen or so littermates.  Guess our job tomorrow is lookin' for a den.....mom's already told us that she doesn't want anymore comin' into or near the house!!! 

Looks like AHS is gonna be busy.