In our eyes, he is an absolute legend. Undoubtedly, the inspiration for what was the joy and wonder of the daycare in it's glory days. The king of every game. This man's good friend. But his time here on earth is drawing to a close. A heartfelt honor to be called at this time in his life. To be able to bring the farm, his special place, to him. We invite you on this personal trip down memory lane with the one and only Bandit. He has and always will have, a very big place in our hearts. __________________________________________________________________
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Can't wait to see him. Hopefully he likes his little presents.
Hey buddy.
Hi.
Hi mate.
How are you buddy?
Hi.
Hello.
Hi.
Hi mate.
Hey buddy.
Hi.
Hi mate.
Oh buddy.
Hi.
How are you doing?
Hello. Look at you.
Look at him. He's looking for the bus.
Are we going somewhere?
Are we going to the farm?
Hi mate.
How are you?
Yeah.
Hi.
Hello buddy.
How are you doing?
We're not going to the farm. Sorry buddy.
I brought the farm to you.
Come on.
Hello mate.
Hello boy.
Hi.
I know.
He thought I was picking him up.
But I brought you down a treat mate.
I brought you down a treat buddy.
I brought you down a treat.
Look what I got mate.
What's this?
I got this for you mate.
What do you think?
You want it?
You like it mate?
You like it do you?
What is that?
He's pretty happy with it.
You're pretty happy with it.
Hello.
That was his favourite.
The pig in the pool.
Everything was his favourite really.
Wasn't it mate?
You liked everything up there.
I'll be back mate.
I'll be back. I've got a little surprise for you.
I've got something for you buddy.
What's this?
You remember what that is?
Come on buddy.
What is this mate?
What is it?
There it is.
Running the course.
Look at him.
He's straight back to what he used to do.
Where's it going mate?
Where's it going?
Good job buddy.
Well done.
Good boy.
What do you reckon mate?
You like that?
No, not at all.
Again.
Just to remember the good old days.
Hey mate.
Good boy. Well done.
Yep.
Absolutely.
And even when you'd pack it up and put it away,
he'd do this the whole time.
The old one, the very first one he had was in a box
and he used to try to open it all the time.
Just quick, crack the lid open and say,
let's play.
What's in there mate?
What's in there buddy?
You got another one.
What is it?
Good boy mate.
Good boy.
Last one mate.
Don't want to overdo it bud.
Ready?
Good boy.
Good boy mate.
Good boy. You still got it mate.
You still got it.
Good boy.
So remind me again,
you said his cancer spread into
two tumours?
One.
Right.
That's why they went from this.
Oh, it's in the blood vessels. Right.
That's what I was thinking.
So it's not in his blood stream.
No, blood vessels.
Right. Okay.
Yeah.
Right. Okay.
Hello mate.
Hello mate. Hello boy.
You never
could relax around this thing, could you mate?
Eh?
You never could relax around this.
Oh yeah, it's so good isn't it?
Oh, good boy.
Good boy mate.
Yeah, good job.
Good boy.
Yeah, I wasn't
sure whether to bring this down
or not. Obviously
I knew he couldn't run it, but I wasn't
sure if he was going to still be
this excited about it, you know?
Hey buddy, but look at you.
Look at you. Brought the farm to you, eh?
It was a
big day on the lure, wasn't
it mate? Eh?
Yeah, good boy.
Good boy.
That was so
cute how he went to go to the gate.
Are we going to the farm?
Good job mate.
Good job buddy.
I'm going to bring a pig
down, but then I was like, his favourite thing,
I swear, it's the lure.
I had to control myself not to bring a Swiss ball
down, because I knew
the Swiss ball would be pretty difficult for him to manage.
They were letting me come down and visit.
Yeah.
Yeah, unfortunately
it's always
sad when, for
me, this could very well
be the last time I see him.
And
just the
fact that they don't live near
long enough for how much you love them, do they?
Oh, oh
mate.
Yeah buddy.
I know, you love it.
Yeah, you love it
mate. One last one right here,
come on. Okay.
Oh yeah, there it is mate, there it is.
Good boy mate, good boy.
Good job
mate. Good boy.
It's good to
see you mate.
Good to see you.
It's good to see you mate.
Good boy mate.
Good to see you.
Well he definitely remembers, doesn't he?
Nothing wrong with
your mind.
He's hoping.
He's still hoping, isn't he?
Good boy mate.
Good job buddy.
I'm sorry
mate. I'm sorry, it's not a farm day.
I just came to visit.
Yeah, I just came to visit you
mate, say g'day.
Oops, oops, oops.
Oh, sorry mate.
That's those back legs, huh?
Yeah, good boy.
Good boy.
Well thanks very much for having me.
Thank you.
I'm sorry mate.
It's just me going out this gate, I say.
See you mate.
Well thanks
again, good to see you Diane.
Sorry, I'm just making you sad.
Sorry.
Keep me up to date with
any
news.
See you buddy. Good seeing
you mate.
Good boy buddy, good boy.
I've just left Bandit's house
and
gee, what a treat it was to hang
out with him and
he, as soon as I
arrived he ran straight towards the
gate like he always would on those days
that I would pick him up for the farm trips
and he got so excited
and I could see that
he was willing his body
to, let's go, let's go
we're going to the farm
but you could see he really
struggled with his back legs
and
so I brought the farm to him
with the lure, with the
squeaky pigs and
just
internally reminiscing about
all those years of having
Bandit at the farm and how much fun and
excitement
and happiness we shared up there.
Even when we tried to leave he didn't want to
let me go out the gate by myself, he wanted to
come with me so it was a
it was a really
good experience to
see that he
you know
still had that excitement
and
that passion inside him
and
it was just a really special
special treat to hang out with him
for the morning so
definitely
mixed emotions, very
very sad leaving
knowing that
could possibly be
the last time I ever see
Bandit
it's a sad realisation
and
yeah, it was tough
it's very
tough, I know we all
love Bandit very very much
and we just wish that
they could hang around with us
forever but
such is life
but I hope you enjoyed
that little trip down memory lane
and I'll
spend the next
45 minutes in the car
thinking about all the special times
that we had with Bandit at the farm
may or may not be wiping tears
away from my eyes but
yeah, it's a
mixed, mixed emotions
alright guys
hope you enjoyed, speak to you soon