A PAPUA NEW GUINEA COMMUNITY FACING CLIMATE CHANGE part 5

 

A PAPUA NEW GUINEA COMMUNITY FACING CLIMATE CHANGE

Part V

ADVENTURES of WOOFY BROWN

 

This is crusty Mister Brown. He lives his life on the trot. Maybe with a woof, woof here and a hoof hoof over there.
He roams wild and free, between his house in Makasili and Vavua villages, wagging his tail in happiness and with his antenna pricked on high frequency to pick out trouble, especially from his number one opponent Mister Black.

After all, they both got the same interest at heart, the beautiful princess Missy White, who comes out to wash at Koimumu beach nearby only when the moon is full!

That’s when the tug-of-war between Brown of Makasili and Black of Vavua starts for the heart throb of Koimumu beach.

You will sometimes find Brown on the Pokili ‘bus rot’ on a steady trot heading for the bush land to try his luck on sniffing out some ‘wael abus’ (bush tucker) to share with amorous Missy White.

He is a sort of tough guy at this end of 'pasin west' country. Sometimes when his doggy tummy rumbles, he can sniff out a fireplace at the wag of his bushy tail.

Lofty met Mister Brown some time ago on the beach at Makasili, a village on the sandy shores of doggy bay. I was returning from the Pokili hot springs in Hoskins, West New Britain, a place Brown probably already knows all too well.

His furry brown shiny coat reminded me of my brown towel, which, by the way is affectionately known as Brownie.

And since my grandson Junior Paddy has a great love for dogs, Lofty just had to make sure Mister Brown got a morsel for his troubles, lest he report me on the woof dog com to the dog pound master dog handler Donald ‘woof woof’ Otto somewhere on the eastern half of the island.

Which brings me to our very own Mister Brown, which eventually became our first Hachiko.

We lost Mr Brown aka Hachiko the First early, awfully, quite accidentally, which was a very sad chapter in our doggy tribe.

We manage to raise six of them pups in Lae. They were all named Hachiko. So seeing Mister Brown on the sniff for a bite, Mister Lofty had to offer him a meaty morsel.

Dog is always man’s best friend. They are friendly, playful, smart, cheerful and will follow their master anywhere and everywhere.

Be nice to your animals, look after your cats and dogs and pigs, take care of your wildlife in the bush too!