Big Blue, my Alaskan Malamute greeted my friend with a wide tail wag.
He ran back to the car, rolled down the window and yelled “Is this a gag?”
Are you afraid of dogs? I asked. I did not know that about you.
No, but I am afraid of whatever that thing is, he said, indicating Big Blue.
He is from the great USA state of Texas, so he has bragging rights.
Everything is bigger and better there, they have incredible sights.
Stetson’s are bigger, their cowboy boots are made with more leather.
If we have a tornado, they have a cyclone and hailstorm in their weather.
Their cars and their houses are bigger, by at least double, he says.
Native Americans there can bead gowns twice as fast on the Res.
My husky is a giant dog I tell him, this you cannot dispute.
In answer, he drags over his enormous Alaskan Malamute.
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