CHAPTER 23
BRUCE
At the sight of the giant cat, Lilly tenses, but Colossus just stares at the killing machine with a curiosity he usually reserves for stuffed toys, robotic vacuum cleaners, and new shoes.
Note to self: if I ever go on a safari, the dog will stay behind because he might just sniff the butt of a tiger if he got the chance.
Snapping out of her reverie, Lilly rewards Colossus’s chill behavior with a treat. Then we move on, stopping only when we spot a crocodile nearby.
This time, Colossus seems a little perturbed by what he sees, which is probably for the best as Florida teems with that creature’s alligator cousins, and few Chihuahuas would survive trying to befriend one of them. Then, as though trying to prove how bad he is at telling apart dangerous animals from benign,
