AustLit

'There is a weird dog that I love that lives around the corner. Actually there are two, but I feel closer to the smaller one, mostly because it sleeps near the end of the driveway behind the gate, and the bigger one sleeps back towards the house. They are both really old, and sleep on little carpet squares that the people move out into the sun when it's sunny and then back into the shade when it gets too hot. The weird dog that I love is the small one. It has blonde fur and the kind of ears that are pointy but then flop over There is some kind of problem with its tiny, skinny legs, so they get all shaky when it tries to stand up, and when it walks, it lifts them straight up without bending its knees...' (Publication abstract)