you can call us the chick rescuers.

so wednesday morning, after helping our darling little second graders with reading at laie elementary, miss courtney and i were on our way to school. this little dog started following us and i recognized him as the same dog that followed me all the way to the temple the previous day. silly guy, just wanted some company. so we're walkin along, and we come across a hen and her baby chicks just minding their own business in some bushes. what happened next? well i'm sure you guessed it- our little canine friend decided to play with the chickens! at first it was way funny, he was jumping over and through bushes to try to get to the mama hen, who was in turn clucking and running away. we had a pretty good laugh until the dog got close to mama hen, and mama hen FLEW UP INTO A TREE AND LEFT HER BABIES ALONE!!! what kind of a mom does that?! court and i were immediately like, "uh oh." the dog realized there were now 5 little chicks that were left unattended. so he swooped in and grabbed one! he ran away with it in his mouth, stopping every so often to play with it. courtney and i started running after the lil rascal but as soon as we would run, so would he. court was pretty creative and found an empty coke bottle and began brandishing it. i think this finally convinced him we meant business and he ran away, leaving the chick lying all askew-looking in the grass. we thought for sure he was a goner, but i picked him up and he was in one piece! he was wet from doggy slobber and definitely scared, but he was alive! he kept trying to huddle in my hand, it was so sweet. the poor guy!

needless to say we were very late for class. but we were glad to save a little chick's life. i was super excited- i've always wanted to hold one! :)