Takut the dog began for some reason to bark this morning. It is the first time I have heard Takut say anything whatsoever. And it was a definite, full-throated bark--the sort that might frighten people who do not know him. The thing is, I could see nothing whatever to bark at. His gaze seemed fixed on the porch of the apartment just across the way from mine, but it was clear that there was no one on the porch, either human or animal. Still, he continued to stare and bark. I went over to investigate, and, just as I had already thought, nothing was there--not only no creature, but no movement of any sort that might perhaps be caused by the wind or the slant of the sun. One always wonders in such cases whether dogs are seeing things invisible to our eyes--unworldly creatures or ghosts or demons or some sort of extradimensional beings. Or is Takut the dog simply going crazy, delusional, hallucinating? But that seems unlikely. He has always been, in the six months I have known him, a dog of reliably sober nature. In any case, I am hoping that he does not become enamored with the sound of his new found voice, for he exists in the apartment complex according to the unspoken concession of those who live here, which, I suspect, may be dependent upon keeping a low profile presence. Shouting out an alarm at 6 o'clock in the morning seems unlikely to go over well.
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