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The view from where I sit:

A one year old, holding a rather large foam pirate sword and a tennis ball.
A large black dog watching the ball.

The one year old throws the ball (about a foot). It is retrieved by the big black dog and taken to a different location away from the one year old. The one year old follows and proceeds to hit the dog on the head with the foam pirate sword (hard), until the big black dog relinquishes the tennis ball.

The story ends with the big black dog taking the tennis ball into the big black chair and sitting on it. With the child sitting in front of the dog repeating "ba, ba, ba, ba, ba, ba" for the following three minutes...

Yup, I love to spend my summers this way.