Pig Maker

When did Peter become an old Jewish woman?

It disturbed me to notice what a different dog Sydney is when with one or the other Hornbuckle-Fritz.

With Steven she is a working dog, eager to hunt down wild chickens, bite pigeons on the neck, or bark at the neighbor's pig, Francis, who likes to muscle his way into the chickens' pens and eat all of their food.

What good is "Egg Maker" going to do for that pig? Bacon!

Sydney dives fearlessly into cane grass, guinnea grass, quack grass, whatever hideously overgrown dinosaur bladed carnivorous tropical plant infested with hungry bloodsucking insects, and dives out again with every hair in place, grinning from ear to ear.

When Peter and Sydney are alone, Sydney plays the froofroo and struts delicately about the severely manicured "front" yard. Peter warns her about a blade of grass which may have been cut leaving a sharp edge, and Sydney raises one paw and backs away, as if the very thought of soiling herself is enough to discourage her from taking a risk and putting her paw down on the dirty, filthy, dirty ground.