When fiction inspires real life …
What Bonkers did to Armaan’s spectacles
What Obi Singh did to my mom’s spectacles
While real life often inspires stories, it isn’t too often that a book inspires real life drama.
This morning, our dog Obi Singh enacted the opening scene from Bonkers! Unlike Bonkers, he isn’t a newly acquired puppy. Rather Obi is an over charged one year old, so there isn’t any justification for his actions.
While his mother (also my mother) was out on her early morning walk around the house, Obi charged into her to wish her a good morning. The greeting often includes grabbing her track pant and tugging at it. Since attempting to walk with a dog attached to your ankle can be rather tough, she bent down to extricate her pant from his slobbery mouth.
Did I forget to mention that her glasses were dangling on her shirt? Obi shot up and BAM! rammed into her… (click to read the entire story on the Duckbill blog)