LUNA-tics

    This story pretty much writes itself. A dog comes home for Christmas. Not since "Lassie Come Home" has there been such a furor of publicity. And there's nothing wrong with that if you're a dog lover.
    New dog-bite legislation has been enacted in the city of Troy, and no longer will a dog summarily  be sentenced to death based on its history of a single bite. Extenuating circumstances will now be taken into consideration. And that all seems reasonable.
   But remember the words of a prominent politician:   Don't believe what your ears hear or what your eyes see. Believe in the story that's being told:
    This dog "bit" another dog. That happens, doesn't it, sounds almost like normal canine behavior. But what if the biter charged up a flight of stairs, through 2 barricades, and attacked a much smaller dog on its own property. Oh, the barricades were flimsy, one a baby gate. And the human who got bitten may possibly have been bitten by the owner's own dog, in the process of breaking up the fight. Even if that were so, the blame would rest on the attacking dog. Though remember,  Luna BIT the other dog. Don't use the word ATTACK,
   Okay, these words are what you may have read or heard on the media. Thus, subject to interpretation----we weren't there/
. But wait. there's more. The inevitable Christmas Miracle Reunion. It's live. Prepare yourself for the display of intense emotion. The family, mother and child, is waiting. The dog is brought out on a leash, ostensibly into the arms of its family, but instead seems much more interested in the array of donated Christmas presents in honor of its homecoming. Probably a beef jerky stick in there somewhere.  That doesn't stop the owner, who is holding back tears: we know this is true because  the narrator is telling us. The owner attempts to snuggle the dog, holding firmly onto its head so she can plant a kiss onto its lips, which the dog is kind of forced to return, so the camera gets its shot.  The young girl in the family pets the dog, awkwardly, as if this is new behavior for her.
   Amid all the YouTube versions of dogs greeting owners they've long been separated from, this reunion has to be on the lowest excitement scale ever. Luna does not seem impressed. Tune in next year----there's bound to be a sequel.