Hide And Seek

Pterodactyl Shark Bunny just does not comprehend simple concepts like Hide and Seek.

Pterodactyl Shark Bunny loves to experience new things, but sometimes it just doesn’t work out the way he would like them to.

One afternoon, when I was taking Pterodactyl Shark Bunny on a walk, he saw a few children playing Hide and Seek in a park nearby. He asked me,

“Rawr rawr gurggggggrrrr twitch?”

This translates to,

 “What are those children doing over there?”

Once Pterodactyl Shark Bunny learned of the game, Hide and Seek, he was 100% on board for the experience. Before I could explain anything else he had taken off, pulling me with him. I let go of the leash and landed in front of one of the children. She had a mix of awe and fear on her face.

“What is that thing?” She asked.

“My…uh…dog.” I am very quick on my toes.

“But why does it-”

“It has a skin condition.” I said quickly.

She nodded.

“Uh…do you mind if he plays Hide and Seek with you?” I asked her.

“He knows how to play Hide and Seek?!” She asked in awe.

“Yeah…sort of…” I mumbled.

“Sure.”

And from there the children and Pterodactyl Shark Bunny played Hide and Seek. Well, if you want to call it that. Pterodactyl Shark Bunny still hadn’t fully grasped the concept of it. He would hide in plain sight, just covering his body with his two massive wings. Then after he was found (which he always was) he would flap his big wings and take off in the sky, after which the children would always go into a state of awe and then run over to me and ask me an elephant’s weight in questions. The questions would only seize when PSB landed back in the park.

To Pterodactyl Shark Bunny the whole concept of Hide and Seek was to;

1. Cover his body with his wings so he couldn’t see anyone
2. After he was found, to fly away
3. Then come back and repeat the cycle

His real problem came when he kept being told he lost. He is a sore loser, and in his mind he thought he was doing everything exceptionally well. He was slowly losing his temper; a bunch of loud and annoying kids yelling at you is bound to get you mad.

Pterodactyl Shark Bunny reluctantly made me play with him after a while, and it started to be a good game. Until Pterodactyl Shark Bunny decided to sneak attack all the children. It wasn’t intentional though.

Pterodactyl Shark Bunny was voted to be the seeker towards the end of the game. To him it was a great chance to prove his conquering skills. He counted in his own language then ran around trying to find everyone. He found a little boy first, to which he let out his battle cry that scared the boy white. The boy began to run from Pterodactyl Shark Bunny. PSB took this as a challenge and chased down the boy. He caught the boy and put him in a really tall tree. PSB seemed to feel quite accomplished considering he just scarred a child for life. He continued doing this for all the other children then hopped over to me, in his eyes, victorious. PSB pushed me out of the park fairly quickly afterwards. PSB wanted to finish his walk. And that was it, PSB’s first game of Hide and Seek.

(Oh and don’t worry, the local fire department came and rescued all the children shortly after we left)

Battle of the Pets 2010

Ever since I found Pterodactyl Shark Bunny he has been a very competitive creature. Every chance he gets he will try to win something. He even tried to win a race against a fighter pilot. But that’s a different story. After much begging and pleading from PSB I have reluctantly let him enter Battle of The Pets 2010. It had bad idea written all over it, but it’s hard to argue with a 303lb Pterodactyl Shark Bunny.

We arrived a little late, but it didn’t matter to me, nor to PSB. He was ready to eat the competition, and if I wasn’t there, he probably would have. I got PSB a collar, which didn’t do much good because then I was at the mercy of which ever direction he wanted to pull me. He ran around trying to find our booth, knocking over a few other displays along the way. Once we arrived at our relatively small booth, PSB let out a battle cry. That’s the only way I can really describe it. It was more like a screech now that I think about it. Not only did it draw a tremendous amount of attention onto us, but it also sent all the other animals into a frenzy of panic and mayhem.  As their owners tried to calm them down, we took this opportunity to get some grub. We weaved in and out of the crowds while we got nasty looks from everyone. I found a concession stand towards the back of the building and ordered two hot dogs, one for PSB and the other for me. Then we satisfyingly watched the chaos go through stages of increase and decrease.

By the time we finished our hot dogs all the animals were calm, but most still had their tail between their legs. As you could have guessed the actual pet show was being postponed due to this little episode.

Fast forwarding to the actual competition. In the beginning PSB was acting like a normal pet; he was strutting his stuff up and down the arena. I thought PSB was going to win me a few hundred dollars and a trophy at this rate. The real problem started when the judges began to inspect each animal. You know, health, size, all that stuff.

               First we had a little trouble getting Pterodactyl Shark Bunny onto the podium, which upset him a little. Then he didn't appreciate the judges poking him, which just agitated him all the more. The last thing that absolutely threw him off the edge was the little chihuahua named, Princess FooFoo. This chihuahua annoyed the heck out of PSB to the point of wanting to bit the little rat-dog's head off, and I don't blame him. That thing was as annoying as movie theater prices. The thing kept yapping and yapping. Gosh, if PSB didn't do something about it, I would have.

                    PSB first gave a nasty growl in it's direction. Then, after the rat-dog barked back and started to jump around like an idiot, PSB jumped off the podium and hit the nasty thing with one of it's wings. And even that wasn't enough, the accursed thing got back onto its feet and started to yap again. That was it for PSB, he flew out of the place faster than the clothes leaving a 75% off sale.

                 I tried to blend in while I snuck out, but it's harder than you would think. 

                And that was it for PSB's pet show appearances.