In the early morning hours this very morning, Pearl Bailey was awake and spunky and anxious to get out to her Shangri-La. This is a somewhat peculiar behavior for her. Typically she rises slowly and determinedly as she makes her way down the stairs; stopping to check out all the entrances, her food bowl, and the toy box before proceeding to the outside door leading to her lushly landscaped yard. Because she was demonstrating strange and abnormal behavior, I watched her from the landing.
Pearl Bailey sauntered down the steps and across the deck in a slow and creeping manner, and all at once I saw her pounce on a sizable lizard give it one chomp of her teeth and swallow it down in a gobble. Now, I have been witness to this penchant of hers before, but this morning it was a different story for no sooner than she guzzled down the first one, she took me by surprise and swooped down on another one! I swear I believe I saw the second one still wiggling as she threw back her head.
Now, fast forward to the Professor and me at breakfast, pleasantly seeped in morning conversation. I brought up the topic of this unlikely event. That’s when the irony happened. The Professor, in his pragmatic tone, responded that our diva had eaten two lizards, as well, on their nightly before-bedtime walk. “What…”, I shrieked, “…why did you let her do that?” to which he replied, “Why did you?”. I guess he had me there.
This afternoon’s current position of Pearl Bailey finds her in a deep slumber, and when I tell you this queen is dreaming, I mean she is deep in REM. Her tail is flapping so hard it is pitching a rhythm on the wood floor. This leaves me to wonder if, in her dream, she is keeping count on some sort of Lizard scoreboard where the win is guaranteed or is she just contemplating her next between meal snack? Regardless, this dame is looking quite satisfied!
I am now sitting here wondering how many calories there are in lizards. Maybe I should be adjusting her kibble.
