School holidays · Swim Trough Rule

January holidays, heat thick as syrup. Spike looked at the trough with holiday ideas.

Swim trough rule, said Suzy immediately. Drinking water is not a pool. Animals need it clean.

Spike sighed a theatrical sigh and then agreed, because he is a working dog under the puppy.

They refreshed water, kept mud paws on the bank, soft-eyed Tokyo away from a splash plan, and reminded Moscow that owning the trough edge still means others drink.

Little Thunder drank like a gentleman bull. Cap cattle rotated with manners — Canberra ordering, London waiting, Paris refusing to hurry even in heat, which is both impressive and inconvenient.

Kids: hose play and pools are human plans with grown-up rules. Farm troughs stay sacred.

After water was trusted, Spike got a permitted zoomie under trees. Suzy timed it between heat waves.

New Year first-gate story sits near this week in the Year Vault — same summer honesty, different teaching angle.

Farm Keeper: swim trough rule in big letters.

Troughs for drinking. Full stop.