A sunny dog park with a long grass field, a bench, an oak tree and a tennis ball far away

LeeroyJenkinu

Plan looks good. Did not read it.

Jenkinu running flat out, ears back, tongue flying

The plan

Pick three steps. Press ready. He will follow them. Probably.

    Pug says his odds are

    3%

    Jenkinu sitting at the start line, about to go Jenkinu charging across the board

    Waiting for a plan

    Plans made 0 · Plans followed 0

    Who is this guy

    Jenkinu up close in a red bike helmet with a scratch on the side

    The helmetIt is the neighbor kid's. The scratch is from the bench.

    Jenkinu sliding sideways into an orange cone

    The brakesShort legs. Long body. No brakes.

    A yellow tennis ball far away across the field, seen over his helmet

    The ballSame ball every day. Far end of the field.

    Jenkinu by the bench with his mouth wide open, shouting

    The shoutNobody named me Jenkinu. I yell it before I run. It stuck.

    $JENKINU

    The only note he ever read to the end.