Basenji Thievery

They look so innocent, don't they?  However, one of these dogs is a thief!  I had so many things to do today, and my memory is not what it used to be. Last evening I carefully made a list to remind me.  This morning as I'm groggily drinking my coffee, I looked all over the table and couldn't find my list.

"No problem," I thought. "I'll find it eventually, so let's start with what I do remember." The dogs seemed to be just lying around, approaching the day slowly like me.  I got caught up on all the emails I needed to answer and looked again for the list.

It was still nowhere to be found,  and I had a feeling that there was something important I was forgetting to do.  The basenjis reminded me that I had forgotten to walk them, so Grin, Pilot and I headed out the door. (Pilot is the dog on the left, Grin is in the middle and Tallie is on the right in the photo.)  Poor Tallie is not allowed to go for walks now until his cervical disc is better.

The walk seemed to clear my mind because when the basenjis and I got home, I remembered a task I had promised to do for a friend.  One more item down, but what were the rest? 

I'll never know because as I was finishing writing up the information for my friend, I felt something damp and in pieces under my foot.  When I bent down to pick up the mess, I could make out a word here or there on the torn scraps of what had been my To Do list.  Suspiciously, no dogs were under my feet. They wore all lying innocently in sun spots. It was obvious one of the basenjis was able to steal the list off the table, chew it up and spit it out in disdain without my ever noticing the little thief in action.  But which one was it? Look at those basenji faces and tell me which one you think looks like he's capable of such a crime--Pilot, Grin or Tallie.  I await your verdict.