Hiding.

OK.  My brother, Frodo is weird.  He has this habit.  He likes to hide.  Or he THINKS he is hiding.  He will lie down in strange places – behind chairs, sofas, curtains – and in some of THE most awkward positions – and he acts as if we can’t see him.  Seriously.  I don’t get it.  Maybe this behavior goes back to some ancient sheep guarding behavior – where he thinks he needs to blend into the environment.  But come on!  Check out these photos.  Does he THINK we can’t see him?  

                       

And sometimes the places he picks can’t even be comfortable.  One day, he wedged himself between the vacuum cleaner and the wall – and was resting his head on the hose.  Weird I tell ya.

I don’t say anything – because I don’t want to start a fight.  The other day, he even growled at me when he was wedged under the table.  I’m not sure if he growled because he didn’t want me there – or because he was stuck.  No worries bro – I’m not trying to squish myself in there.

In all fairness, I DID do this behavior myself in my younger days.  I used to crawl under the bed – to sleep by the wall – under the headboard.  After nearly knocking myself out one time when I was scrambling to get out when the doorbell rang, I decided the secret “hiding” behavior wasn’t such a great idea.  But not Frodo.  He’s still at it.

Well - to each his own.  I still look up to him – as he is the one who has taken me with him into the DFZ.  And if he wants to hide – go for it.  I’m thinking of getting him a camouflage jacket for Christmas.  Better that than the plaid one he has….

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