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A short story by Tommy Leonhardsen As you may know, I don't live in the most domesticated parts of our country, but rather far out in the fields, as they say. Out here, there is a plethora of animals, wild and domesticated. This is the story of when our dog, Yak, ....

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.... rather; not doing it). It's a rare sight to see a dog running a kilometer to find the next gate, rather than to skip the fence. Even if the fence is holding the same low (sic) standard fences out here do. Cows, bulls and Elk is very good at one thing, namely making fences much lower than intended by the farmer, so our fences isn't that much of a challenge. But not so for Yak, the chicken dog. Anyway. Yak's latest fan is an animal he can handle, although he tends to keep a certain distance. One never knows.... The other night, when I was (finally, according to Yak) going to bed, I took my usual walk around the house checking for potential fire ....