Whenever someone left the gate open to our swimming pool there were always unexpected consequences. I went out to our backyard early one morning and was shocked to see Jack balanced on the swimming pool cover. Soon, water was rising around his feet and he began sinking lower in the water. At first, he just looked around as if puzzled by the water that was beginning to surround him. Then I started yelling and trying to reach him with the pool skimmer. “Jack, Jack”, I screamed, “You are going to drown!” Then he went under and I tried vainly to reach him as he floundered in the water trying to reach the edge of the pool.
I was momentarily distracted by a commotion by the fence. Our neighbor, a fireman had jumped over the fence when he heard me yell. He ran to the pool to rescue Jack from drowning. It was only when he took a good look at Jack that he realized that Jack was an African pygmy goat, escaped from our barnyard. He did not pause in his rescue though, and soon Jack was safe on solid ground. I thanked our brave fireman for saving my goat Jack.
