A couple of months ago I posted a question about whether non-human animals had ever played tricks on you. There were loads of lovely stories, and I ended up drawing a few...
“My brother and I witnessed a ewe teaching her three lambs how to access the local refuse tip. She repeatedly showed them the technique. She would run head-on at the cattle grid, and at the last moment switch position to side-on, rolling over the grid and landing on her feet at the other side"
“I have fallen victim, more than once, to a pony taking a big mouthful of water, holding it in until the right moment, then dropping it down the back of my trousers” – quote from
@ametonym“Once after a routine vaccination my dog lay down, became completely rigid, and screamed if we touched him. We very delicately rushed him to the out of hours emergency vet. He screamed all the way, still rigid. The vet gently checked him over, then after a while said 'can we try just putting him on the floor, but pretend not to look at him'. We did, and he shook himself off, grinned, and started pottering around the room. The vet cracked up, said 'you've been had', and charged half the fee”
Amber Griffiths
Graham Dunning
Ciara
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Joan Combs Durso