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OVER THE RECENT holidays I had a chance encounter with a tiny girl and her dog. Most days, rain or shine, I walk for two or three miles, driven not only by the dreaded imperative of Exercise, but to enjoy the enlargement of spirit that happens under the open sky.
It was very early, and in a vast spread of rolling parkland I seemed to be the only human. Then, over a rise in the track, racing towards me, hurtled this small child on a bicycle, pedalling furiously. Her faithful escort and outrider, a sheepdog, padded along a little to one side and to the rear, nose aligned precisely with the back tyre. Without glance or greeting from under the pink plastic bike helmet ...
Source: HighBeam Research, The animals and us.(Ryan)