Apparently the humans only got word that they had passed the adoption process late the night before, which meant that they still had to buy a few things for me. Charming. Talk about feeling wanted...you would have thought they would have been so excited at being awarded me, that everything would be in place...
Anyway. I was left with the female as the male departed to go shopping. She spoke gently to me as I sat on the ground, looking around. To be honest, I barely took notice of her, there was so much going on around me. I had no idea where I was, let alone where an escape route could possibly be. When I look back at all I am about to tell you, it's a little embarrassing, but you have to remember that all I knew up until this point were the confines of a cage and lately, an introduction into being 'walked' which of course was against my will.
We began to make slow progress..to somewhere..I actually really needed to pee, so I decided not to be as 'wilful' or 'difficult' as advertised. Before reaching a suitable pee spot, I encountered two new things. 'Stairs/steps' and 'grassy hills' There was no way around either, so one had to be encountered. I took the hill. Wasn't so bad, not as freaky as the steps anyway. I mean, what are they all about?! Dangerous looking things. Not for me. No ta.
Feeling quite chuffed at myself for having negotiated the hill and also at the praise I received, I selected a pee spot. Ahhh... :)
So, pee-pee completed and the female turns back in the direction we had already come? Great. It took ALL that time to actually get here, now we are going back? No thanks.This time I really meant it. No amount of coaxing would make me move...infact the only thing that actually did make me move from where I was, was the sound of a 'motorbike' screaming past... it was somewhere shortly after that point, in-between my screams of fear and frantic wriggling to escape (not actually sure where I was planning to go to but hey-ho) that the female lifted me into her arms in a rather undignified mass of sprawled legs and upsidedownness and we began heading back from where we came.
It felt nice in her arms, she kissed my nose and smiled at me, called me a 'daftie'. Some humans walked past and laughed at us, she smiled and laughed back. It felt good.
So, after a short while of viewing the world from a new angle, we entered a building. No big deal, I had been in a couple before. This one had lots of these stair things, so I was pretty glad when we avoided them and went in another direction. We entered a really small room. I didn't know rooms could move, or make noise. But this one could. Seriously? Me no likey. Still, I was still pretty safe in the arms of the human, so I let it go.
A very short time later, we left the moving room to be now outside another door. The female placed me on the floor, telling me that it was very important that I walked in here on my own.
She opened the door and walked in, turned around and motioned for me to follow. Well, I am guessing that you know my reaction to such an invitation. Nope, no thanks. I don't think so.
It smelled so different, it was warm - not so bad I guess, but what was with the shiny stuff on the floor? No way was I stepping on that.
The female sat down on the floor, laying a little trail of treats to entice me inside. It is amazing just how far one can stretch to reach and eat said treats, without actually moving one's legs. A handy trick for the future methinks.
I have no idea how much time had passed, but it was a lot of yummy treats worth and I still wouldn't move. The female human tried her best, but most of the time the noises she deemed 'encouraging' actually just scared me. I was beginning to feel a bit sorry for her, so after a while, I placed a paw inside the new place. I removed it quickly, but every time I moved forward, I got lots of cuddles and praise. This I actually liked more than the treats.
After even more time elapsed, I decided to just go for it, all four paws inside....just for a second though. This resulted in squeals of delight from the female. So I did it a few more times. Interestingly, the shiny floors didn't attack me so perhaps it was not so bad.
I stepped in, and stayed inside. The door closed behind me, leash removed, cuddles provided - then I was left alone to explore.
Here is a picture of me checking the floor for hidden monsters, you never know....
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