Today I went walking at the park and took Dennis along. He complained for the first mile, so I let him walk a couple of laps with me after that. We had the most fun! He challenged me to chase him for the first lap and we took turns chasing each other around. On our second lap, he veered off the track in order to hide behind trees and jump out and scare me as I walked by. He tromped through the fallen leaves, running from tree to tree and occasionally leaning out and saying "ROAARRRRR". He roared softly as he ran between the trees. Eventually he picked up a stick and began beating various trees with it, and then he settled down to dig in the leaves and dirt with a stick. When other walkers would pass by, he would tell them "look, I'm digging in the leaves". This turned into a pirate adventure a few minutes later as he announced "Arrrgh--I'm looking for pirate treasure" and walked to a spot and dug, then repeated. I finally convinced him to get back in the stroller and he slept through the remainder of my 5 miles. This was one of my most enjoyable walks ever!
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