My New Trick

Welcome to Gymnast Joan's Daring Dog Act! I have taught Blackie to run back and forth in this certain place. I have taught myself how to do gymnastics over her. This is what my daring dog act is: I do a one-handed cartwheel over Blackie as she runs across. I go into a handstand, and as Blackie runs in front of me, I flip over. Now comes the most daring act of all: I do a back- walkover over Blackie. Yes, I can do all that. Back in Los Angeles, I was in a small gymnastics club. I never was in a competition, though. As for the Blackie part, I had a number of dramatic flops, most of them resulting in bruises. But I can do it now. And that's all that matters.