Titan, the Great, Great Dane

There once was a Great Dane named Titan. He was black and had the eyes of a surprised coal miner. Titan was a very sweet and trusting dog. One day, in search of T-Bone Lake he got lost in the woods. Suddenly, he saw a glimmering lake lined with T-Bones at the bottom.

Titan was very excited, yet sad. A towering Pine Tree asked him, "What's wrong, dog?"
"Look at all those T-Bones," Titan said. "And I can't swim."
"Of course you can," replied the pine tree. "Your breed is known for swimming."
"Really?" Titan asked, suddenly very happy.
"Yep," the tree said. "Everybody says--" There was a tremendous splash and Titan sank to the bottom. "--that Great Danes are the best swimmers around. Or, wait. Labs, I think. Yep, that's what I meant, Labs. Oh, well."

At the bottom of the lake Titan became very happy, surrounded by so many steak bones, then he quickly became sad because he was drowning. This caused such panic in him that he pinwheeled his arms and legs faster than Scooby running for a snack! Soon, we was rising to the top with a tremendous T-Bone clutched in his teeth. He scrambled to the bank and shook himself. Then he walked back over to the tree and lifted his leg.
"This is what lying trees get," Titan said.
A pine cone dropped onto his head.
"Ouch!" Titan barked in surprise. Then he kicked dirt all over the tree, (which, trees don't mind) and ran home as fast as he could. When he was back in his yard he carefully buried the T-Bone and went in search of the catbox, where the real treats were, and on dry land, too!