Insider Trading

Our neighbor was bursting with excitement when we ran into her walking the dogs this morning "I got the DNA results back for Benny!" she told us.

And before we could even say Cool! she continued. "I'll tell you what they are, but you can't tell anyone. The big reveal is tonight."

We knew that a group of her buddies had chipped in on the test as a birthday gift earlier in the summer, and it made sense that they would get together to share the results. 

We looked at Ben: 85 pounds, short white hair with a few brown patches, huge gray eyes in a giant block-shaped head, and a big smile. "Can we guess?" I asked. 

"Okay!" she answered, "but you'll never get it. There are four breeds."

"Pitty?" Heidi guessed.

"Yep!" she answered. "We expected that, right?"

"But those eyes!" I said.

"Great Pyrenees!" she revealed. "And then there was Boxer, and... Husky! Can you believe it?"

We agreed that he was an unexpected mix of mutts, and patting him on his Great Pyreepityoxerusky head, we went on our way.

A little while later we got a text from the dog friends. We are going to find out today what breeds make up our favorite gentleman Mr. Ben, it read. Come on by my house at 6:30 and participate in the best guess contest. He has four breeds, so bring your four guesses in a sealed envelope.

I looked at Heidi and laughed. "I think we can win this one!"