Ruby '81
Ruby '81: A Tale of Independence Day, Rescue, and Canine Heroism
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July 4th,1981,candles of a Roman ilk
Refers to July 4th, 1981, setting the scene with Roman candles.
Unloaded from a chevy truck
Describes candles unloaded from a Chevy truck.
Into the home her folks had built
The candles are taken into the home her parents built.
Patio was charcoals and extended fam in folding chairs
The patio, family, and folding chairs are described.
Safely arced around the yard to focus on the smoking flares
Family members gather around smoking flares in the yard.
Couple cousins, uncles, aunts, mostly grown-ups, couple brats
Various relatives, grown-ups, and children are present.
Baby Ruby's only two
Introduces Baby Ruby, who is only two years old.
She's too close to the jumping jacks
Highlights Ruby's proximity to jumping jacks and potential danger.
Mommy scoops her to the house
Mom takes Ruby to the house, securing her in a booster seat.
Buckles up the booster seat
Describes the act of buckling up the booster seat.
Rolls her to the storm door
Mom rolls Ruby to the storm door, letting her experience the celebration.
Let her long for all the lunacy
Expresses Mom's perspective on the chaos outside the door.
Telephone distracting Mom
Mom is distracted by a telephone call.
Ruby wriggles out her strap
Ruby escapes her strap, displaying her curiosity.
Fingers push the plexi-glass
Describes Ruby pushing the plexi-glass of the storm door.
She's off into the sour patch
Ruby ventures into the yard, referred to as the "sour patch."
Past the pyrotechnics undetected and invisible
Ruby goes unnoticed past the fireworks and into the yard.
Woke the sleeping beagle skipping toward the kidney swimming pool
Introduces a sleeping beagle that Ruby wakes up.
Off into the yawning blue
Ruby heads towards the pool, symbolized by the "yawning blue."
The splash would mum the rocket-ships
Describes the splash muffling the sound of rocket-ships.
Ruby's lungs were filling by the time her kin were cognizant
By the time family notices, Ruby is in the pool and her lungs are filling with water.
Many sprung and sprinted down
Family members react and rush down.
All arrive belated but
Everyone arrives late except for the previously awakened beagle.
The beast she had earlier stirred had been alert since waking up
The beagle had been alert since waking up.
Canine let his gainer fly
The beagle jumps into the water with a gainer (flip).
Water top commotion grow
The commotion in the water grows.
Howling guests assumed the cloven hoofs had come to do-si-do
Guests assume the beagle's howling is from cloven hoofs, adding humor to the situation.
Frenzied and congested deck
Describes the chaotic and crowded deck.
Part to let the elders see
The crowd makes way for the elders to see the situation.
Soggy beagle gently dragging Ruby in his yellow teeth
The beagle gently drags Ruby with his teeth.
Laid the tiny body in the sun before her Father‘s feet
The beagle lays Ruby in the sun in front of her father's feet.
When she choked the liquid through her bluish lips he dropped his knee
Ruby chokes on the water, and her father drops to his knee to help.
Helped the air to reconvene
Assistance is provided to help Ruby breathe again.
Towel his shaking Ruby off
Her father uses a towel to dry and comfort a shaking Ruby.
EMT confirm the save
EMT confirms Ruby's rescue.
Everybody say
The crowd collectively acknowledges the heroic dog.
"Good dog!"
Everyone praises the dog with the words "Good dog!"
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