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June 7, 2006
things that happen in the park
I met up with K for a 5k run in the park afterwork. It was hot and sunny so we stuck the shaded trails for the first part of the run. The only interuption to our running and gossiping was a happy little family of geese, mom, dad, and 5 young goslings. We detoured off the path to give the family some room.
On the way back, we saw the goose family again, happily going about their day. A couple and their dog were walking towards us. Then suddenly, the dog sees the goose family and takes off. He wasn't on a leash.
The family started running, the mom and dad, flapping their wings and hissing. The dog kept charging. He chased them down to the waters edge. We stopped and ran over, I was praying and hoping they all got away. But when we looked down, the dog, had a gosling in it's mouth.
It was awful.
He finally let go, but the little gosling just floated, lifeless in the water. Then the dog caught sight of the rest of them, he started swimming out after them. Finally the couple did something about their dog ... finally getting it out of the water.
We got back on the path to finish our run, I couldn't bare to watch anymore, you could still here the cries of the geese over a km down the path.
Posted by Ali at June 7, 2006 6:26 PM