Mischief Monday - The Naughty List - A Dramatic Recreation

The scene: A cold, dark Tuesday morning around 5:10 am

Lady and the pups have just returned from a short walk. 

Hailey went into the house, while Phod went into the bush to finish his business.

Lady saw him go in. She saw him do his business, she turned, like she always does and took a few steps away. She heard Phod and then silence. He was gone. 

There was some snow, but not enough to track him in.

After 10 minutes (and being sure he has been abducted by aliens as he has just disappeared) Lady went and woke the Man up.

For the next 25ish minutes the people went around the yard, bush etc. calling for Phod.

This picture was taken by the house, after Phod was home to show how dark it was

Lady makes a circle around the house to check the front door. She sees the neighbour is about to leave, so she heads to the road and starts walking. She wanted to flag him down to ask him to watch for Phod.

Before the neighbour left, she heard a faint dingle, then she saw eyes and finally she could make out the Phod coming towards her.

His mouth looked injured from afar. There was a little panic that he has gotten into a fight, but he was walking slowly so he doesn't seem too hurt. Then as he gets closer, Lady saw it - A piece of bone.

This is a picture from our yard the morning in question. The bone, is the bone he brought back. 

 It was about the size of my hand. I did not get a picture of him carrying it, so I put this one together. 

It appears our boy had taken himself for a walk to the ditch around the corner where one of our local deer's had died. He brought himself home a prize.

Lady let him carry it to the house and made him drop it by the door. Once Phod was safely in the house, she went back to the bush to find the Man. After showing Man the bone, she threw it in the garbage, because if she threw it in the bush, someone would get it again!

Other than a slightly upset tummy, being extra itchy, disappointment daily that the bone is gone, and several attempts to slink back to the ditch (the deer is now gone), Phod was fine after his great adventure. 

While the deer was not a reindeer (we don't have those), Lady is sure that Santa is not going to be pleased with Phod's behaviour!