Adventures of someone else’s hat!

[Elfe5]

Lying peacefully in my usual dark drawer, nestled beside some recently arrived new mitts, ( very uppity, who do they think they are making me look- well, a bit worn really?!) I hear a voice mention something about week six. (These humans! Doesn’t she realise there are less than five weeks in a month?)

Anyway I hear all the usual breathing while she bends and stretches, curls up, straightens out and stands on her toes -very strange behaviour... the shoes are on, the music starts, the door opens & she’s off! No! Wait! A step back and my drawer is abruptly yanked open and I am snatched out of my nest & unceremoniously crammed on a head that is less elegant ( & much older) than the one I am used to ... and then I am taken out into the dark, rainy street. Rain!! What sort of treatment is this?! I’m a woolly pom-pom hat not a flippin’ umbrella! ..But no choice - off we go at a brisk walk and then a gentle trot. She gets into her stride & the music carries us both along ( I do love a bit of jazz). Then, would you believe it, my beautiful faux fur pom-pom is suddenly caught and held fast in the slim twigs of a tree - can’t she look where she’s running?! I think for a split second that I will be dangling there forever and perhaps birds will nest in me in the Spring, but no, I cling determinedly onto those ears & managed to stay on the jogging head. Phew! The rain continues- I get fuller, fuller and fuller. I must be at least double my usual weight! The human down below doesn’t seem to mind a heavy head - she’s going a bit faster now to a bit of Gilbert & Sullivan. Home at last & the shocking indignity of being wrung out! Then ... ah.. a lovely warm radiator! She has finally realised the treatment that I deserve!! 😄

[SueAppleRun Graduate]

Aww that’s lovely and seems a good run

[Elfe5 Graduate in reply to SueAppleRun]

Yes a happy one! 😄

[SueAppleRun Graduate in reply to Elfe5]

Happy runs are the best

[Annieapple Administrator Graduate]

🤣 what fun!! Love it!!

[Elfe5 Graduate in reply to Annieapple]

Thank you- there’s nothing like a bit of nonsense after nearly losing your daughter’s hat in a tree! 😂

[Annieapple Administrator Graduate in reply to Elfe5]

😂

[xx2000 Graduate]

Ha ha ha well written and well runned!!

[Elfe5 Graduate in reply to xx2000]

Thank you- it was nearly losing my daughter’s hat in tree that made me giggle and think of it! 😄

[Buddy34 Graduate]

😂😂😂runnung from the view of a hat . Really funny. Hope you're enjoying that cosy radiator 🤗

[Elfe5 Graduate in reply to Buddy34]

Oh yes thanks. Half dry now, but my Pom Pom still looks bedraggled! What will my owner say! 😱

[Buddy34 Graduate in reply to Elfe5]

😂😂

[SaskAlliecat Graduate]

Love it 💕

[Elfe5 Graduate in reply to SaskAlliecat]

Thanks - there’s nothing like nearly losing a hat in a tree to bring out my sense of ridiculous. 😂

[SaskAlliecat Graduate in reply to Elfe5]

😂

[RunawayBetty Graduate]

😂 What a lovely post, so well written, you made me laugh out loud!! 😂 Thank you!

[Elfe5 Graduate in reply to RunawayBetty]

Thank you - look what getting your hat tangled in a tree can lead to!! 😂

[Oldgirlruns Graduate]

That’s brilliant Elfe5! It conjures up all sorts!🤣

[Elfe5 Graduate in reply to Oldgirlruns]

Thank you, we all share the ups & downs of running- so it’s good to share the ridiculous moments too!! 😄

[CatMo13 Graduate]

Love it ! Happy running to you and the hat 🧢

[Elfe5 Graduate]

Thank you - happy running to you too! 😄

I think my daughter’s hat will be well used in the next 3 months, (it’s so snuggly & doesn’t creep off my ears). It is, of course, a discard, (what else do parents end up with 😂) - but I just need to remember that it makes me a pom-pom taller!

[Fattycanrun Graduate]

Excellent...you should publish