Just when I thought my disgusting little brother couldn’t get anymore gross, he outdid himself again!  There we were enjoying our morning walk.  Dad is still suffering from Buck Fever, so was distractedly gazing into the woods, while I nodded “hello” to Mr. Porcupine scurrying home from a late night out.  Then I looked over at Asa, and what does he have dangling from his mouth, but a Snake!!!  Judging by the flattened look of the Snake, I knew a car got to him long before Asa did.  But that didn’t matter.  How could he be so callous?  He knows Snakes are my Kryptonite!

I quickly alerted Dad to the situation by lunging as far as I could to get away from Asa.  Stupid tandem leash!  But does Dad come to my defense?  Nope!  He admonishes me for my behavior, while laughing at Asa’s “stick.”  I even heard Dad chuckle aloud, “too bad Mom isn’t here to get a picture of this!”  Well I just about had it at that point, and sat right down on the pavement and refused to walk any further until the problem was solved.  After more reprimands from Dad about my actions, he finally realized how insulted I was and replaced Asa’s Snake with a stick.  Oh the humanity!  The things I have to put up with Living with a Golden…