The amazing adventures of Frodo and Zebragirl

One day Frodo’s owner Sassy came over to Zebragirl’s house to drop him off. Frodo was going to stay with Zebragirl for 3 weeks while Sassy went off to play in another town. Frodo had lots of hugs. He slept on the small couch seat outside Zebragirls house and it fitted him perfectly. His head rested on the arm of the chair and his body curled up into the seat.

Zebragirl tried to take Frodo for walks every day cause he was such a big, cute dog needing lots of exercise but … sometimes she just couldn’t find Frodo at all! At first she was very worried but then she realized all she had to do was ride to Sassy’s place and Frodo would be there ready to come home again. It took him a week to realize Sassy wasn’t coming back for a while. He was sad but he adjusted and decided to stay with Zebragirl and have some adventures.

One day Zebragirl and Frodo were riding along the river towards Knotts Crossing. Frodo didn’t want to go there because it was new for him. He wanted to go back the other way towards Sassy’s house. No matter what Zebragirl did, Frodo would not budge. So she gave and rode in the opposite direction. Closer to the bridge, when Zebragirl decided to go and sit by the river Frodo, always having a mind of his own, decided to stay put sniffing a particularly lovely patch of grass. When Zebragirl came back to where Frodo had been… he was gone. What to do! Zebragirl rode along calling ‘Frodo, Frodo! Where art thou Frodo dog?’ All to no avail. Zebragirl decided to ride along the riverbank path towards Sassy’s house and found Frodo standing amongst the grasses waiting for her to ride past. It took a lot of coaxing but eventually Frodo gave up his search for Sassy and went home with Zebragirl. Zebragirl gave him some chicken wings to make him happy and encourage him to stay on the verandah. Frodo got the message and looked at Zebragirl with love. He decided to spend a bit more time at her house from now on until Sassy’s return.

A few days later Zebragirl and Hooch, her friend, decided to go to the shops and then on to a friends place. They thought they would take Frodo with them. Frodo followed them all the way to the main street of town and into the car park of the shopping centre. Frodo then decided to go sniff another dog and subsequently lost Zebragirl and Hooch in the throng of people. Frodo didn’t quite know what to do. But as always… when in crisis… Sassy’s house was just across town and so he decided to run away to that house. Later that night Zebragirl made the, now regular, trip across town to pick up Frodo in her dark blue car. Frodo hopped in and came back to his new home.

The next day Zebragirl decided to take Frodo for a run to the shops. It was always cool how Frodo could keep up with the bicycle cause he was such a big, strong dog. Zebragirl loved to watch Frodo run, as did Sassy. So they rode down to the shopping centre and as they neared the highway Frodo decided to run down the middle of the road, run across the highway and onto the other side of the road. A road train came past and Zebragirl, stuck on the other side of the road, lost sight of Frodo. Zebragirl, without much investigation, figured Frodo had gone back to Sassy’s. Later that night Hooch drove Zebragirl’s car over to Sassy’s and brought Frodo home.

It didn’t stop there though.

On another occasion Zebragirl was making a quick trip to the local shop a block and a half from home. Frodo, having not had a walk for a few days, decided to follow her. When they got to the shop Zebragirl went inside for 5 seconds to ask if she could put up a poster. When she came out Frodo had disappeared. Zebragirl was getting used to this disappearing act by now and so decided to cycle a few blocks over to the bike path to see if Frodo was making his way, once again, back to Sassy’s house. No sign of Frodo! So Zebragirl went ‘oh well’ and rode home. When she get home who should be there but Frodo. Having had his 3 second panic of ‘I’ve lost site of Zebragirl!’ he made his back the way he’d come to lovingly greet her at the front door. Zebragirl was very impressed with Frodo.

A few days later Zebragirl decided to visit a friend on Eastside. Frodo had never been to Eastside so stayed near Zebragirl for the length of the journey. They walked long and far from Northside to Eastside. When they got to Mama G’s house Frodo got very scared. Later on at home Hooch let Zebragirl know that Sassy always said Frodo was a little racist. Mama G was from East Africa and was very friendly but Frodo was not up for a friendship with her. So Zebragirl tied him up to a nearby pole, on account of 2 scary dogs being in her yard, and she went inside for a chat. Frodo was happy to be tied there because it kept him safe and when Zebragirl returned he was joyous. He still wouldn’t go near Mama G. They walked home together and Frodo was so happy to be back at home. He came to the fridge with Zebragirl and sat down. Zebragirl gave him a bone and said ‘outside’. Frodo took the bone in his mouth, walked outside and chewed his bone on the lawn happy and content.

That was today… the adventure continues...