Zeke Had So Many Stories But How To Share Them

 Zeke immediately liked Grandma Lu when she came out to visit. His kind of dog lift their paw to people to get their attention. They don't like to be ignored, so he loved it when Grandma Lu loved on him and told him how handsome he was. He heard Grandma B and Grandma Lu talk about the olden days.  If he could only make them understand he had a much better understanding of his ancestors than even Grandma Lu did about hers. When they went inside he didn't come in but watched them from the living room window. He was so full of stories about his ancestors. How was he going to get their attention?

From the time Zeke was just a small puppy his mother told him all about his grandmother and her grandmother. She said that his ancestors had been  passing on their stories for generations, thousands of years even. He couldn't imagine that many years, but he did love the stories she told him and his brothers and sisters.

One day before he went to the mini farm his mama told him all bout his many times great grandfather. He lived in a place called Asia Minor. It's now part of a country called Turkey. It was a wonderful place where people met each other on their way to and from Europe to Asia.

 Then time went by and his family moved to a beautiful mountain range called the Pyrenees Mountains. Those beautiful mountains were between two countries; France and Spain. The way his mother told it the peasant shepherds loved their dogs because they didn't sleep much at night. They watched and protected the sheep while the shepherds slept. 

He grinned to himself because his mama said, "We bark a lot at night because that's what we have to do to scare off animals like wolves, bears, and other animals that might hurt the ones we are supposed to protect. We are their guardians and we take this job seriously." Zeke loved this part because he loved to bark.

After their family moved to the Pyrenees Mountains  the French royals noticed how big and beautiful they were. Actually Zeke had royalty in his family! Oh how he wished he could tell Grandma Lu all about it because one day she was saying she joined this ancestry group hoping she would find herself related to a king or queen along the way. He wanted to tell her he was! Yes, King Louis the XIV declared the Great Pyrenees Dogs the Royal Dog of France in 1675. Even the Queen of England, Queen Victoria had a Great Pyrenees in the 1800's. He was so proud of that. How could he get his fun news to Grandma Lu?

Zeke's grandmother told him a funny story about the king. He wore high heeled shoes. The higher and the redder the better, but only royalty could wear them. He had seen Marlee wearing red high heels. She was a fun little girl and he loved her.

His grandfather told him a story one time about one of those royal men who fought in the American Revolutionary War. He brought one of his ancestors to America with him. George Washington, America's first president, also had one. His ancestors went on to help win the WWII by hauling supplies and artillery over and through the the mountains in between Spain and France.

Zeke took a look at his little girls playing pioneer out in the yard. He had an idea. Grandma B's dog, Stashia had a running conversation with Marlee when she was just Whitlee's age. I wonder if Whitlee and I could talk like they do. If I can make her understand then she can tell my story.

Zeke had a plan....