In which Emily takes a tumble

Emily and Charlie and I walked to school this morning. We have discovered that Charlie likes it when Emily runs while holding his leash. It goes like this: Emily runs, Charlie runs, Emily stops, Charlie stops. Well today it went Emily runs, Charlie runs, Emily runs, Charlie runs, Emily runs, Charlie runs, Emily runs, Charlie stops, and wham, down goes Emily having tripped over the stopped Charlie. But by golly she still held on to the leash. And fortunately wasn't hurt too bad - did not even show scratches on her knees, as far as I could tell (we were on a sidewalk). Charlie has nipped a couple of people, only in our back yard - we feel she is not getting enough exercise. Since there are no fenced dog exercise places in town our current plan is to rig up a long rope and see how she runs. To change the subject, ESPN here on the pay network Sky has been broadcasting the NBA finals and I have enjoyed watching the games. Who will win. And it will be very interesting to see who wins the presidential election in November. Prices here are going up as elsewhere, but they vary from store to store, and even within the same store - our local supermarket sells two brands of milk, one about fifty cents cheaper than the other and you can sometimes get it for even less at some of the smaller stores. Well, Charlie is barking, barking, so will heed her call, or reward her for silence, and see what happens. Thank you. Manford