We’ll wander down to the river that runs through the edge of Jablonka, toilet plunger in hand, ready for the first game of fetch with Kajtek, the family dog.

Kajtek has always loved toilet plungers. He has his own, in fact, to keep him from stealing them from the bathroom.

“Daj” is the imperative of “give” in Polish, and is pronounced like the English word “die.”

Give a plunger a toss and off he goes: through snow, tall grass, mud — it doesn’t matter.

It came to be know as “daj” because, well, we all said “Kajtek, daj!” and he knew what we meant: off he’d go, searching for his toilet plunger, inevitably bringing it back with more excitement than would seem possible.

Shortly, we’ll be introducing L to the joys of the daj.