Walking on Water

This morning I have made an important discovery for animal science!!! Cats do walk on water, albeit a little shakily, probably in need of more practice. I was on early morning patrol and am happy to report that the pond has had so much drought flow in to it that it is now full and overflowing. We have had a problem recently with a fox using the front lawn as it's own private lavatory for which I at first was getting the blame. Although as The Owner has always said, if I do one it usually requires blue and white road signs around it and to be treated as a roundabout. So he finally realised that these were far too delicate and small to have come from me and the admonishments I had received thus far were all in error. Did I get an apology? Nah! So, on patrol I was, near the pond. When I heard noises in the little copse around the back of the pond. I thought to myself, "Jack my boy, here is your moment to explain to Fox that he needs to adjust his pooing activities before The Owner catches up with him". So, with my stealthiest paws on and on my belly, I crept through the copse from the cricket field towards the pond. As I got closer I realised that Cat, who is new around here, had the same idea. He was creeping up on Fox too. So I crept closer and Cat crept closer. Cat had obviously been blamed for pooing on his Owner's lawn too. He crept right up behind Fox, (who was either very brave in the face of adversity or he had seen neither of us,) and was about to pounce, and I was right behind Cat. Well the excitement just got too much for me and I let out a very loud bark. It had the desired affect on Fox who legged it round the side of the pond and across the fields, but I am guessing that Cat was unaware of my presence until that point, as he ran straight across three lily pads and only realised he was on water when he was nearly at the other side...... and sank! Up to that point he was doing well I thought. Brave as ever, I jumped in and rescued him. Which seemed to be a little under-appreciated and I now have a little scab on the top of my nose which is a little distracting as I can see it if I squint a little. If I snooze I can shut my eyes and it won't be such a problem I think. I'll be on top of the straw bales in the calf sheds if anyone wants me.