"Sit, I said. The dog sat. So, I said, I'm going to unclip the lead now, and then I will throw the ball. The dog looked at the ball in my hand, then at me, and then at the ball. The dog watched the ball go, and then turned and ran in the opposite direction, across the field and the car park, in the direction of the farm shop."
"I unclipped the lead, and held up the ball. The dog stood to attention, staring at the ball. I threw the ball downhill, toward a corner fence post. The dog watched it go, and then turned and ran in the opposite direction, across the field, through the gate and across the car park, in the direction of the farm shop."
A family returns from a long weekend and finds two children working at laptops. The couple had stopped at a farm shop with a dog run, where an overflow car park can leave the gate open. The wife went into the shop while the narrator took the dog, on a lead, to the field with a ball. The dog repeatedly fixated on the ball but then ran away toward the farm shop instead of fetching. The narrator unclipped the lead and threw the ball, then chased the dog across wet grass, through a gate and across the car park, arriving at the shop out of breath.
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