conversation with geese, part 2

[darkoshi]

A goose is on the nest by the picnic area again. I walk towards my usual table, coming around from the back side rather than walking right by the nest.

As I start to sit down, a Swoosh sound as the other goose comes flying out of nowhere at me. (Whoa, I haven't had one do that before.) It lands a few feet away and hisses.

Me: What? I can't sit here?

Goose: HISS! HISSSSSS!!!!

Me: Really? You're not going to let me sit here?

Goose: HISSSS!!

Me: Oh, okay. ::grumble:: I'll go sit somewhere else then. You scared me away.

I walk to one of the other tables further away.

..

A tree branch hangs over the walkway. Sometimes I have to duck to avoid it smacking into my face. But I always enjoy watching its leaf buds as they develop.

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[marahmarie]

Me: Oh, okay. ::grumble:: I'll go sit somewhere else then. You scared me away.

That's hilarious, and so cute. Equally both, actually.

I do that with our cats sometimes, pretend to let them win: "Oh, you got me, you killed me, I'm dead" if they so much as swat at me, or something. It's just fun. :)

[darkoshi]

"You killed me, I'm dead" is even better :D

I wonder how the goose would react if I said "Ahhh!!! You scared me to death, I'm dead!" and slumped over on the bench with my eyes closed.

But I'm being polite now and avoiding that particular table until they stop nesting there.

[marahmarie]

I wonder how the goose would react if I said "Ahhh!!! You scared me to death, I'm dead!" and slumped over on the bench with my eyes closed.

You gotta try that sometime, then let us know here how it went! I love it.

But I'm being polite now and avoiding that particular table until they stop nesting there.

Yeah, I'd probably favor kinda just letting them have their own thing at this point, as well.