The Babysitter

My father posted this picture on FaceBook and titled it “The Babysitter.” It’s of our GSD, Beelzebub, and my older brother, E, when he was just a baby.

I remember hearing, when I was quite young, a story about how E, when he was a little older than this, used to crawl up to Beelzebub, open his mouth, and pull out his tongue. The dog let it happen, but would look forlornly toward my parents, in the hopes that they would make the baby stop.