There Is This Dog...

I try to commute to work via bus as much as I can. My local bus-stop is in the middle of the local village center. There is also a small store next to this busstop, where tourists tend to congregate. And next to this store, there is a household who have a dog. This dog (a german shepard) is not a dumb dog. This dog has a yard that is clad with fences and high foliage, except one small sector where it's just a waist high fence, right besides the village plaza... Lo and behold, I come home from work one day, and this dog is outside in it's yard. When I start walking past, it comes up to me with a ball in it's mouth. It drops the ball... On my side of the fence... I know I shouldn't... I have grown up with dogs, I know I shouldn't encourage this behaviour... But... I cant just leave the ball on this side of the fence either... Then I look at the dogs longing face... You already know how this story ends, I threw the ball back into the yard and the dog excitedly ran after it. It was when I…