That\u2019s what my Mistress was shouting at me as I swam up and down the pool yesterday. \u2018Come on, Alfie.\u2019 That and threatening if I didn\u2019t buck my ideas up she may as well bring Aristotle. Now, I know it was only for my benefit, but sometimes that\u2019s not what you think and I wasn\u2019t best pleased. You see, the thing is, I\u2019ve grown to like my outings to swimming. My back legs haven\u2019t been so good recently and quite honestly they ache already, so of course I didn\u2019t want to use them. However, as my Mistress pointed out that was part of the reason I was there in the first place, to keep them good and strong. Apparently, carrying them like the wheels of an aircraft in flight is not going to help. So there I was, going up and down the pool like a speeding bullet. Maybe that\u2019s not the right analogy as I don\u2019t suppose a bullet would lollop in the water in quite the same way I was doing on cornering. I did my best. Oh boy did my legs ache afterwards. I guess it really is for my own good as I have struggled a couple of times with the stairs in the last week and I did find jumping into the car a little harder. It\u2019s mainly mornings with the stairs. Once I\u2019ve got going I\u2019m fine. Anyway, I\u2019ve been told I have to work harder and rather than miss out on my swimming, then work harder I will. I\u2019ll show her I\u2019m not beaten yet, not physically anyway. Mentally I find the world a bit of a challenge. They made me try to swim in the other direction to turn so I\u2019d use my left leg more, but just that little change made me panic, so they reassured me and we went back to normal. I stood by the closed door when my Mistress had opened the other one too because I\u2019m supposed to be on her left. I wish she wouldn\u2019t change anything, it makes it all too hard to understand now.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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