The Amazing Misadventures of This and That

Of a young boy and his dog. See, the dog was an 'ol Sheperd that was blind in both eyes, deaf in one ear, and lame. Most would call the pup a Sad Excuse of a Canine, but not this boy. No, he called his dog Shrug.

Shrug and the nameless kid would often head down to the crick, where there were little baby gators swimmin' around. They never did see where mama was hidden, but that wasn't a cause to worry. No, if there was no big gator in sight, then there was no big gator at all. It's simple kid and dog logic.

Then one fine, slightly overcast day, Shrug tripped over a rock and took a tumble into the water. The dog couldn't swim, see, and the boy thought for sure his dog was going to drown. Twasn't gonna happen that day, though. You see, them baby gators didn't know about the great food chain yet, and thus pushed the poor dog to shore. Thus a great friendship was born that would follow the boy and his dog until the following year, when the gators got hungry and eated 'em both up.

True story.