A Woman and Her Dog

There she was, a wisp of a woman all but lost within her insulated parka. A knit cap was pulled down to her eyebrows, the ear flaps turned down and the draw strings dangling past her shoulders.

She was standing at the edge of the road shining a halogen flashlight into the treeline where her Siberian Husky was well... trying to take care of business.  The husky was glaring over its shoulder, apparently offended that the woman would not afford the dog an opportunity for some modesty.

Was the woman afraid the dog would wander off?  Surely a dog nearly as big as its owner understood its protective role and would not leave the woman stranded.

Did the woman feel the dog needed the help of the halogen to find an ahhhh appropriate spot?  If so the Husky had two reasons to be offended.

In the end I figured the woman simply needed the reassurance she was not alone on a dark December night.