Faithful Friends
Brownie and Spotty were neighbor dogs who met every day
to play together. Like pairs of dogs you can find in most any
neighborhood, these two loved each other and played
together so often that they had worn a path through the grass
of the field between their respective houses. One evening,
Brownie's family noticed that Brownie hadn't returned home.
They went looking for him with no success. Brownie didn't
show up the next day, and, despite their efforts to find him,
by the next week he was still missing.
Curiously, Spotty showed up at Brownie's house alone,
barking, whining, and generally pestering Brownie's
human family. Busy with their own lives, they just ignored
the nervous little neighbor dog. Finally, one morning Spotty
refused to take "no" for an answer. Ted, Brownie's owner,
was steadily harassed by the furious, adamant little dog.
Spotty followed Ted about, barking insistently, then darting
back and forth to a nearby empty lot, as if to say, "Follow
me! It's urgent!" Eventually, Ted followed the frantic Spotty
across the empty lot, as Spotty paused to race back and bark
encouragingly. The little dog led the man under a fence, past
clumps of trees, to a desolate spot a half mile from the house.
There Ted found his beloved Brownie alive -- one of his hind
legs crushed in a steel leg-hold trap. Horrified, Ted wished
he'd taken Spotty's earlier appeals seriously.
Then Ted noticed something quite remarkable...
Spotty had done more than simply lead Brownie's human to
his trapped friend. In a circle around the injured dog, Ted
found an array of dog food and table scraps, which were
identified as the remains of every meal Spotty had been fed
that week!
Spotty had been visiting Brownie regularly, in a single
minded quest to keep his friend alive by sacrificing his own
comfort! Spotty had stayed with Brownie to protect him
from predators, snuggling with him at night to keep him
warm and nuzzling him to keep his spirits up. Brownie's leg
was treated by a veterinarian and he recovered. For many
years thereafter, the two families watched the faithful friends
frolicking and chasing each other down that well-worn path
between their houses.
[ Author Unknown -- from DebGspz@aol.com, via 'PetHumor' ]
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