What is your favorite animal?
One would think cats are my favorite,
I have several favorites,
Cats and dogs are equal ,
Within my heart,
I also love elephants I sat on one when I was five at the local circus that came through Lorense Iowa,
They are gentle Giants and I would have a herd of them if I could,
I look forward to the day when I’m working and I have money coming in and I can once again give to the world animal fund,
As well as eat,
I’m becoming a vegetarian,
love my hummus,
Not completely vegan mind you I love Greek yogurt and I’m a milk drinker,like eggs,
I love camels and llamas and goats,Not the everyday run of the mill goat,
At Mount Rushmore there are white goats they’re not indigenous to the area they were brought in because they thought they looked ecstatically pleasing and they do I agree,
There’s a restaurant in Door County Door County is filled with Swedes and on the roof of this restaurant are goats they raise grass on the roof especially for those goats,
I never really liked Mexican Chihuahuas before but I happen to know one her name is Cricket I like her a lot,
I don’t care for bats and they’re a mammal but I see the worth of them they eat their weight and bugs in the summer and for that purpose alone I would have bat houses in my yard but I will not sit out at night and wait for them to go through my hair it’s a little as it is and I don’t want any bat poop there,
I love horses but not like my mom did,
I haven’t rode a horse since I was 18,
Some jerk of a boy was racing home for chores the sun was in his eyes and he hit me and Aces Blue,
She was a big palomino pregnant with the first colt,
The cinch busted under the saddle so the saddle and I went one way and Aces Blue the other she broke her leg,
Vet said that they could hold up her leg in a in a sling while it healed Mom saw Ace is blue the next day Aces Blue his was all wet with sweat,
Mom was crying for herself and for Aces Blue, mom being an empath too,Mom had her put down,
When I worked at St Pat’s in 1990 to 1992 as assistant custodian I found a baby squirrel raised it in my room love to ride around on my breast and then when he got picking up I let it go into the oak tree out back,
Mom did for Aces blue which you couldn’t do for my dog Pal,
Mom knew that to make Aces suffer while the leg healed it wasn’t worth her pain so she had to put down,
When it was pals turn to go mom had me come back from Mount Rushmore and make arrangements he was so deeply and within her heart my Australian black lab she just couldn’t have him put to sleep,
It was 1997 I remember it like it was yesterday,
He came back from Denver Colorado with me in 85,
I had gone to be a summer nanny,
I was 26,
I plan to walk home,
I hated it there,
So I got the equipment together and the girl the oldest that was in the family I was caring for the 16 and a heck of a liar she told the family who had a dog seeking a good home that he would have a big yard,
His name was Beauregard,
Young girl I don’t remember her name is a long time ago said that Beauregard we have a huge yard and they could come and see him it bother to say it was 2 to 300 miles away didn’t bother to say the yard was in Iowa two or three miles away,
Mothers have uncanny way of knowing something was a foot,
She had called to chat,
Mother Marion of course inquired where I was staying and wanted to talk to me they told Mom I wasn’t there,
Some other being who she was she inquired where is Val and they said you left her on the edge of Denver on interstate going toward Iowa,
It’s funny how Norwegian mothers are so much like Jewish mothers maybe even Italian mothers mother made everyone know how unhappy she was about that,
Mother met me at Coralville Iowa,
Scariest person I met on my trip I had three rides it took me across Colorado,was mom,
The longest Ride within a bread wagon driven by a guy who worked for course he was making the bread wagon into his mobile home he lived in Chicago he worked and Golden Colorado all I had to give him was two little tiny bottles of root beer shops he took it and he said it was a Fair deal I’m sure he was lying but that’s okay,
Mother Marian met me in Corelville Iowa, first thing over her mouth was we’re not keeping that dog.
She hated Beauregard’s name so we changed it to the name of her brother’s dog Pal,
I love my nephews Pal loved mom,
We had Pal for 12 years,
There’s no better travel companion than a dog,
Dog and maybe a lady that you love,
In two o nine my godson Daniel Eric Mathis brought me a fox kitt and I had her or 3 days and then the DNR came into her way and I will you’re not allowed to have wild animals the damn shame too she was so sweet and she fits in right with my kittens she was so sweet,
So in conclusion my favorite animals are cats and dogs equal,foxes and squirrels and elephants and camels
Val Whitewolf 