By Piglett
Chapter 5
The walk of discovery.
I stand up and put out my hand. He takes it. I lead him off and we walk for a while. Under the railway through the tunnel and back up and along the path towards the reed beds.
I look at him saying, “I want to go smell what the water is like by the beds. They have flooded them and it is my guess it will be stagnant and they have closed off the boardwalk. I asked one of the volunteers at the old pump house.”
He pulled me close. “Are you always this organised boy?” he asked.
I nod. “Well, I wanted to know where was safe to do my walk and run yesterday Boss,” I said.
He nods. We walk down the ramp towards the boardwalk. I stop us both. I bend over and touch the wet ground. I hold it in front of him and say, “Sniff gingerly Boss.”
He does. He starts to retch a bit. “Boy we are not going to go any further,” he said.
I let him go and run back up the ramp and when I got to the top I wiped my hands on the grass. He was close behind me.
“Stay down there boy,” he said.
