{"id":2745,"date":"2013-08-05T08:00:06","date_gmt":"2013-08-05T08:00:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.stefanhammel.com\/blog\/?p=2745"},"modified":"2012-12-12T19:49:01","modified_gmt":"2012-12-12T19:49:01","slug":"the-sea-dog-and-the-land-dog","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.stefanhammel.com\/blog\/2013\/08\/05\/2745\/","title":{"rendered":"The Sea Dog and the Land Dog"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>One day the old sea dog received a visit from the land dog. They both had known each other since puppy school. Then the sea dog had left and travelled the world far and wide, and had survived many adventures and finally returned home, rich in treasures and experiences. The land dog had remained in his native cave. He had found a land dog wife, and had land dog children. In the meantime, he had grandpuppies and great grandpuppies, and they had all become genuine good land dogs.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSometimes I wish I could live all over again\u201d, said the land dog to the sea dog. \u201cI feel exactly the same way\u201d, the other answered. \u201cI would do a lot of things differently\u201d, said the land dog. \u201cYes, me too\u201d, answered the sea dog. \u201cI would go to sea\u201d, dreamed the land dog. \u201cI would get married\u201d, sighed the sea dog. \u201cI would have adventures\u201d, explained the land dog. \u201cI would have some pups\u201d, stated the sea dog. \u201cI would be a rich dog. I would experience terrible and wonderful things I could tell stories about\u201d, enthused the land dog. \u201cI would have grand-puppies and great grand-puppies who would love and take care of me when I became old and sick\u201d, declared the sea dog. \u201cAnd I would now sit with you in this sea dog lair\u201d, continued the land dog, \u201c&#8230; and I with you &#8230;\u201d, it occurred to the sea dog. The land dog nodded: \u201cAnd then you would say to me now: \u2018Sometimes I wish I could live all over again\u201d, and I would answer: \u201cYes, I feel exactly the same way.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One day the old sea dog received a visit from the land dog. They both had known each other since puppy school. Then the sea dog had left and travelled the world far and wide, and had survived many adventures &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.stefanhammel.com\/blog\/2013\/08\/05\/2745\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[225,143,159],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2745","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-biography","category-depression","category-homeland"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stefanhammel.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2745","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stefanhammel.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stefanhammel.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stefanhammel.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stefanhammel.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2745"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.stefanhammel.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2745\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2747,"href":"https:\/\/www.stefanhammel.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2745\/revisions\/2747"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stefanhammel.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2745"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stefanhammel.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2745"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stefanhammel.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2745"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}