Noises at Night

The other night Mom made me come inside earlier than I wanted to. She said it would rain. I know rain; it makes me wet. I do not like to be wet, so I went in. Suddenly the ceiling started making loud sounds. Mom said it was just heavy rain. Then a bright light lit up my room and then there was a big bang. I do not like big bangs so I went under the table to my den.

Mom laughed at me and said if you hear the big bang, then you're safe. (Humans lie. Have I said that before? Dogs do not lie.) The banging continued, then the lights inside turned dark. Then there was a big howling noise outside. I don't know what made it; it wasn't a dog. It was a big howl. [note from Mom: it was the civil defense warning; it should have signalled a tornado. There wasn't a tornado, but with the power out, I didn't know that.] Mom went to the stairs that go down to the dark place and called for me to come. I did not go to her. I do not like stairs that go down, and I do not like the dark place. I stayed under my table in my den.

The howling continued, and Mom came and got under the table with me. She said something like if we were going to go we'd go together. I don't know where she thought we'd go in the rain. Humans. I laughed a little at her, too; she called me scared, but there she was in my den! I let her stay in my den. I don't usually, because it is MY place, but she was scared, and she's Mom. So I let her stay until all that outside howling stopped. Then the lights came back on, and Mom went back to the couch.

I just have to say that I am not the chicken in this house. Or at least, I am not the ONLY chicken. So there.

[Note: I have no pictures of my den. So that's a picture of me finding food.]