A022  The Dogfs Cherries


     OK, so when I was umm, when I was a child we used to go to my grandparentsf house quite often. My grandparents lived in ah South Dakota which was in ah the Midwest. And umm I was I was actually born in South Dakota. And ah, this is ah a story I heard many times growing up. 
     Umm one of our relatives umm Ifm not sure who I canft I canft remember who, but umm one of our relatives when they were very small, they ah, they came into a picnic or a party um, Ifm not sure about the details but um the the child was covered with ah red on his mouth and his fingers and the adults at this gathering asked the child what hefd been doing, as he was covered in red.  And he said that hefd been eating cherries off the dogfs back. Umm, and dogs donft have cherries on their back, but what what the dog did have was ticks on his back, and ticks are parasites that suck blood. And when they get, and they get big, they get really big when theyfre full of blood. So hefd been eating these insects off the dog, haha. And ah, yeah thatfs quite disgusting actually. That was umm that was the story I heard many times and umm it was a farm community so I suppose that sort of thing was not very uncommon.