Tinker Tinker Little Star
As a child I grew up in a pet friendly family. Each one of these cats and dogs had their own unique personality and they would usually attach themselves to the children in the family. Some animals were strays who would stumble across our home and stayed. It was not hard to become attached to each cat or dog that came as part of the family home. I remember one such little dog that had been given by friends. I was only about eight or nine at the given time. As I remember ,this particular dog was very small. She was a small brown terrier type dog who possessed big dark sad eyes. Her name was Tinker. One day we moved to a new home. This house was near a fairly busy road where vehicles travelled fairly quickly. It was one late afternoon I was standing on the front porch of the house. I recall Tinker exploring around the bushes and grass on the other side of the road. Tinker had a habit of racing back across the street when she would see a car coming, almost as if it was a game to her like s...