This is highly unusual. I’ve never seen a prickly pear cactus on my trails before with spots like this.
It’s downright suspicious if you ask me.
How did these spots get here, and what do they mean?
Could this cactus have a spot causing disease?
I certainly hope not, because that would mean these spots could spread all over my trails.
Can you imagine every cactus on my trails bearing spots?
And then what happens if those spots jump even further – if they jump onto another kind of cactus, or hop onto the bushes or trees.
This is terrible! What if, when I’m leaving a message for my friends, one of those spots jumps off a bush and lands on me?
What would I do then?
This is getting really serious. I’d better put on my Detective Dog hat and investigate.
That’s better. Now I’m seeing things a little more clearly.
Wait! What is this?
I’ve got it now.
Those spots aren’t the beginning of an infectious disease at all.
This is much worse.
This is the beginning of an invasion of a far more dangerous kind.
I’d better put together an army of dogs to combat this.
This is no cactus!
This is an alien in disguise!


























