h.e.a.r. this!

i was enjoying a nice afternoon on the back patio the other afternoon when elke left and walked away down the back path and into the alley. ben watched sadly from behind the screen door for a few minutes and then began to paw at the door. i let him out thinking maybe he would enjoy a frolic in the sun, and for a few minutes he was content to race up and down the path searching for a desperate last trace of his beloved elke. then, all of a sudden, ben discovered the lack of fence along the one side of the yard, and raced towards the front yard. shocked into action i raced inside to find my shoes and then back out the door in hot pursuit of troublesome ben. he was waiting for me on the front yard, on seeing me, he eagerly dashed off, stopping every now and then to turn and make sure i was following....so i was chasing him down the street yelling for him to come back, feeling vaguely annoyed, ben however seemed to think the whole think was a fun game. luckily for me he got sidetracked from his game when he spotted a group of young children to leap on......and luckily for ben, the kids seemed to enjoy his eager attention. as soon as i caught him by the collar and began to lead him home he turned quite docile....guess he just needed to take a bit of run.
moral of the story: we NEED a fence!!