At least, not too close up. Big, loud, scary noises are big, loud, scary noises, no matter how many pretty colors accompany them.
However, I know someone who really hates fireworks. Someone who believes with all his little heart that fireworks are some sort of horrible punishment or cruel prank.
That someone is my dog.
The other night, Saturday, there was a big fireworks display going on near my house. While dozens of families were outside, oohing and aahing, waving American flags and whatnot, I was crouched on the floor whispering soothing words into my puppy's ear.
You would have to have a heart of stone to be able to ignore this dog's shaking, panting, quivering body. My poor little boy! I had to remind him that he was indeed too large to fit in my lap.
And those eyes! Looking at me like, what did i do to deserve this? whatever i did, i'm sorry! please make it stop and i'll be really good from now on!
Then, to top it all off, we got a thunderstorm all night. Now I couldn't sleep, too!
From about 3am to 5am, I laid (lay? honestly, I never understood that section in grammar) out in the hallway on a blanket next to my dog, his warm furry head pressed close against me.
What. a. night.
In conclusion, Happy 4th of July, friends! Have a fun, safe holiday celebrating with your family.
Oh, and check out Google. It's all cool and American-y.
3 comments:
"Lay" would be the correct word in that sentence. =)
Yeah fireworks do often seem to scare dogs, this evening we were over at someone's house and as we were leaving the dog went under the car to hide from the fireworks. =P
Sorry to hear about the thunderstorm though, and not sleeping. That can't be any fun.
Just by the way, to maybe help clarify things for you. =)
In the present tense: lie means to go to bed or to put your body on the couch or what not. Lay means you put something down with your hands. So, you lie down in your bed to read your book, and when you are done with the book, you lay in on your bed mantle. =)
The problem comes in with past tense though, because the past tense of "lie" (to lie down) is "lay". And the post tense of "lay" (to lay the book down) is "laid". So, since you speaking in past tense (last night) you should use "lay". I lay by the dog. "Laid" would be for, "I laid the book down by the dog".
lie (present,) lay (past) and lain (past participle).
lay (present), laid (past) and laid (past participle).
Hope that helps a little. =P
Hahaha, thanks for clearing that up, Tim. :)
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