The Bay below Krkavčí Rock
As I barked to you yesterday, it was impossible to swim at Krkavčí Rock. Sure, there was water as far as the eye could see, but there was no path leading to it. Jump off the cliff? No way, that thing is seriously high. If it were just a small rock above the water, maybe I’d dare, but jumping from Krkavčí Rock? That’s a death sentence.
I wasn’t ready to give up on a good swim, though. So, I trotted back along the little path to the forest trail, and before my human could react, I was already sprinting down the hill. This time, I had a plan. My nose was tasked with finding a proper swimming spot, not just sniffing out random water nearby.
The hill I was running down got steeper and steeper. The super-soft forest path, covered with pine needles, became rougher. The closer I got to the water, the fewer needles there were on the trail. Instead, there were more stones and patches of grass.
I came across several small paths. I wanted to check some of them out. But even back on Krkavčí Rock, clouds had started gathering above my head. It looked like it might rain any minute. But I wanted to swim so badly before the rain started that exploring those little paths had to wait.
I was almost at the bottom of the hill when I reached another small cabin settlement. I didn’t see a soul anywhere. Maybe they were hiding somewhere, because the settlement looked so well-maintained that people must visit it often. Honestly, I’d be here all the time if I could. Living under the trees, where only someone with an excellent nose could find you.
But I didn’t have time to think about the people in the cabins. Before I reached the last cabin, the path opened up, and I saw a bay. A super-amazing bay with water. That was the moment I kicked into high gear. I knew my human would catch up. One paw after another, my ears flapped in the wind, and my tongue was almost slapping me in the face. But I had to. I had to jump into the water. I was so excited, and there was no time to waste.
I jumped into the bay and ran into the water. Imagine my surprise when I kept running through the water but still wasn’t swimming. I was so far from the shore that if I had needed to swim, I wouldn’t have made it that far. There was no helping it; I went back to my human, realizing this wasn’t the spot for a swim.
I splashed through the water, ran onto the shore, gave my human a refreshing spray, and dashed back into the water. If I wasn’t going to swim, at least I’d get a good run. Just as that thought crossed my mind, my head went under the water. That was a surprise.
It turned out that I just needed to run a little further to be able to swim. Sure, I could have figured it out in a different way, but this one was at least funny—at least for my human. I think, though, that it wasn’t so much my swimming as my surprised and happy face that made her laugh. As you all know, when I’m happy, so is my human. And I know I can always rely on her, just as she can always rely on me.
