Patient Pig.

[mrissa]

This particular Ista story was a comment under someone else's friendslock, so I thought I'd reproduce it here:

It is very sad to be Ista. Three times a day the alpha monkey has started behaving incomprehensibly, doing things like standing in the corner with her eyes closed or nodding her head up and down very slowly. And not paying attention to the dog. It's all very strange. She spent about ten minutes complaining to Piggy last night. Not barking, just a very quiet, "Arrorrorrhuhhhhhh. Arrarrfffffft. Romromromrom." She flopped down at the top of the steps with Piggy held facing her in her front paws and held forth for quite some time. I mean, it's a good thing Piggy's a good listener, but we didn't want to laugh out loud and interrupt because we wanted to see how long it would take, and we nearly ruptured ourselves.

Comments

[panjianlien.livejournal.com]

What a very good Bop, and such a very patient listeny Piggy.

Thank goodness Ista has such a good friend in her Piggy.

[songwind.livejournal.com]

That's precious.

[miz-hatbox.livejournal.com]

Sweet Ista.

How are the exercises working for you so far?

[pameladean]

Oh, gosh, that's even funnier than her expression when she has her coat on.

But she is totally the best poodle ever, so of course one doesn't want to laugh.

*hoots, because the Ista can't hear her*

P.

[dichroic.livejournal.com]

The canine equivalent of venting on LJ.

[writingortyping.livejournal.com]

My audible laughter at reading this made John look up, so I just read it aloud to him - net effect: 2 monkeys laughing, one very small cat with cocked ears wondering what he did to cause monkey-noise.

[mrissa.livejournal.com]

The physical therapist yesterday verified that I was indeed doing them correctly. Given that they've estimated that it may be a couple weeks to a month of "worse before better," I'm trying not to go into, "How 'bout now? How 'bout now? How 'bout now?" mode. Patience is key here.

[mrissa.livejournal.com]

I won't tell on you.

[redbird]

Awww.

julian_tiger doesn't seem to have made that sort of connection with any of the stuffed animals, alas. Panda is a very good listener--I know--but Julian wants someone bouncier.

[pameladean]

You are most kind.

P.

[haddayr.livejournal.com]

Poor Ista!

The alpha monkey has obviously forgotten what's really important in life. Thank goodness piggy listens so attentively.

[juliansinger.livejournal.com]

I keep coming back to this and grinning.