Caring Animals

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 Recently, I read  a Peta post that  stated “all  animals have  the capacity  for thought, intuitiveness, empathy and  decision-making That’s an intriguing statement so I checked it out. .” Examples were given. 

 One,  my favorite, tells of a fat, pot-belly pig,  named LuLu  saving  the life of her owner,  who had  fallen to  the floor with a  heart attack. LuLu managed  to squeeze  through the doggie door, cutting her  belly  in the  process, then running  to the  road and laying  down in  the middle until  someone stopped. Then she led  the person  to the heart attack victim, saving her  life. 

  So, animals see our dangers and  decide what action  to take. And it’s not jist domesticated animals....Wild animals are the same. Scores of  stories  telling about unusual rescues appear each  year, especially of porpoises, and even whales, rescuing people who would   have drowned otherwise.

Another story, also from Peta, tells of a pride of lions helping police rescue a kidnapped girl. Police were closing  in on  the kidnappers, forcing them to move. The cries of the 12 year old kidnapped girl caught the attention   of the lions, so they investigated. Their arrival  caused the men to run away, leaving the girl with the  lions. Then the lions did  a  surprising thing– they  sat in a circle around  the girl until the police  arrived. Then they quietly disappeared back into the forrest.

 On the home front, on a cold, icy day, a  family friend needed   to  go out to  his farm and  break the ice on the water trough, so his cattle could drink. The ice was worse at the farm, causing him  to  slip  and fall. He twisted and turned, but could not get enough traction to get to his feet 

He was  beginning  to worry about his predicament when  Wimpy, his herd bull, appeared  at  his side, lowered his head so our friend could  get  a tight grip, and was lifted  to his feet.

Then, there was a recent story about a dog running fouir miles to get help for a man trapped   in    his wrecked  car.

Animals are truly wonderful, but don’t expect such caring treatment when you meet a wild animal on  a hike. They can be vicious.

Silly Memories https://rockingwithdannie.blogspot.com/2024/07/silly-memories.html

  A while back, my care-giver and I were  chatting  and I discovered  that   her  grandfather was an old classmate of mine  back in our two-room  school days. That was  the most exciting thing  that   happened that day, and brought  back a ton of memories.

One day  his  older  sister cane to school wearing a brand new, store bought dress with  a sixteen-gore  skirt...the latest fad at that time.   I renumber it well. It was a blue printed cotton that was selling  for $2.98 at J.C. Penny’s.  I know,  because I checked  it out  he next time  I went to town.

That  was beyond my reach financially,  so I broached the  subject of a sixteen-gore skirted dress to my mother who made all my clothes on  her Singer sewing machine.  She never used a pattern,,,just laid  out  the material and cut.

I was disappointed  rthat she wouldn’t tackle more than eight gores, but settled for that. Today the old Singer is at  rest by a wall in the guest room.