Pippin is quite ridiculous, as you probably well know, but just recently we’ve found something out that really has me rolling my eyes.

There are times, when something happens and for some odd reason will make Pippin mad. It can be something as little as losing the toy in a tug-of-war. He’s a very bad sport, you know. When that happens, I can tell him to stop and be quiet, and he will, though he sometimes complains a little. But he doesn’t obey my siblings like he does me. Just about a week ago, my youngest sister was holding him. I don’t exactly remember what she was doing, but for some reason, Pippin was mad, and was struggling and complaining and fussing in her arms. Then, for some reason, she bent her head and gave him a kiss on the head. Immediately, Pippin calmed down! He settled back down peacefully! Amazed, I decided to test this discovery to see if it was coincidence, or more then that. A few days later, Pippin lost a game of tug-of-war, and he lost his temper at the same time. The silly thing about that, is that it’s always Pippin who’s daring us to try and take his toy, hoping to start a game of tug-of-war. Why he keeps trying, when he knows he can’t win, I’m not sure. It may have something to do with our being nice to him and letting him have it sometimes, but then again it may not. Anyway, Pippin was in a rage, growling and making his shrill yippy-sounding bark, the sound he makes when he’s mad. Now, I could have stopped it with a command, but instead I yelled “Kiss him! Kiss him!!!”, and my youngest sister caught him up (to a chorus of angry barks at the intrusion on his tirade) and smacked her lips on his head. Sure enough, Pippin went from a wild rage, to a happy and satisfied little creature, sitting in my sister’s lap, perfectly content. Ridiculus, I know, but it’s true. Every time it happens, and he’s changed from “vicious” to happy, I roll my eyes, or laugh, either one. Crazy, isn’t it? From the lion, to the lamb. Transformed, by a kiss. Goofy, and rather rotten too. Don’t you think?