Bites

After an hour's wait in line, six-year-old fraidy cat Daisy stood at the top of Disney World's Space Mountain. That's the moment when four-year-old Birdie, who already rode Space Mountain once, turned toward Daisy and bit her arm, hard. Daisy burst into tears and skipped the ride she didn't want anyway. Birdie got yelled at. She also got to ride Space Mountain a second time. I'd mostly forgotten about Birdie's sharp teeth. Then, this week, Birdie took Tequila to the vet. Tequila, a clever yet nervous dog, bit the veterinarian's finger. Apparently, he tried to squirt a vaccine up her nose and Tequila didn't like it. "You mean to say Tequila bit the vet and she still got rewarded with a new red bandana?" I asked. "Of course not," said Birdie. "First, Tequila got the bandana. Then, she bit the vet."