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The tough life of a dog

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By moladdaPublished 2 years ago 5 min read
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Being born a dog is about as embarrassing as it gets. There is no shortage of a courtyard door to guard, no shortage of a wire lock. Too smart not, too stupid also not; should bark when silent not, should not bark when easy to speak also not. The slightest mistake, the light will incur a wave and ancestors of the cursing, the heavy may be stick plus body knife and axe, and even a dog's life will not be protected at any time.

The dog guards the safety of people, but the dog itself is often faced with unknown dangers.

In the village, a courtyard house is built, people will think of repairing a circle of fence, cover a gatehouse. The higher the wall, of course, the better, and the stronger the door, of course, the better. People live in the yard, people always want to keep those irrelevant eyes and hands and feet outside, so that people will feel solid, feel at ease. But the door is often neglected in the endless duty, and the wall in the years of wind and rain will often seem to be unable to do. This time, people will first think of the dog. A dog, even if how humble origin, how thin and thin, as long as it is not excessively timid or not long eyes, the material is also enough to take up the task of guarding the home.

A dog may be so settled in the village. The owner is busy in the yard in and out, the dog is watching, painstakingly guessing the owner's mind. One day, the owner is in a good mood, the dog wagged its tail to meet up, nibbling on the owner's pants, licking the owner's palm, the owner will affectionately touch the dog's head, stroking the dog's back, along with throwing a piece of leftover food. Then one day the owner's heart is not smooth, the dog must hide far away, otherwise ushered in a scolding not to mention the high probability of a heavy kick, landed a body injury, face shame. Broken teeth only to the stomach to swallow.

The most difficult to deal with should be those strangers who appear at the door. The dog originally thought that one or two shouts can scare him away, but who knows that the guy is not aware of the good and bad, but shouting to barge in. The dog had no choice but to bark at the bluff for a while, and then actually bit him on the heel. I don't want that person to be a distant relative of the owner who hasn't been around for years, or an important person who rarely comes to the door. The dog got into trouble, but the owner was more nervous than the dog, first apologized to the man, then scolded the dog blind dog eyes, how even dare to bite anyone; and then let the man do not bother with the dog, threatening to free up their hands, the dog will definitely how to how. The dog was bored, aggrieved barking on one or two, and no more words.

Once again, there is a person looking around at the door, the dog learned a lesson from the last time, a few perfunctory barking, and then turn a blind eye to stop paying attention. Who knows that person happens to be a burglar. He took advantage of the owner's sleep and stole the grain and a tethered cow that was stacked in the yard. When the owner woke up and discovered all this, he first bawled and then cursed. Finally, put all the fault on the dog's inaction. Kicked, beaten with a stick, and could not wait to skin the dog to eat the dog's meat to relieve the hate. The dog, unaccountably beaten, whimpering, who knows if it is crying.

Dogs live in the world of people, dogs have to spend considerable effort to figure out the relationship between people, dogs and people.

Even so, many times, the dog still lives in a dilemma, not to speak, not to speak, and not to speak will often face the anger and sticks. The most unbearable thing is that many things that have nothing to do with the dog will often come to the door, and the dog has a variety of relationships, so that the dog has a mouth to defend, no way to tell. For example, people and people have conflicts, people call people dog eyes, people call people shit; sometimes, one party simply point to the other party's nose, the words are sure that the other party is a dog ------ dog for no reason was pulled into the fight between people and people, quite a few cases, the dog will somehow be imposed as a man woman's husband, the father of a child.

Dogs don't argue. Sometimes the ears are pricked up and barked once or twice, sometimes the eyes droop and do not bother to bark.

A dog lives in the village, as long as it does not make a big mistake, no accident, usually in a house under the door to mix with the old. At that time, it has lived into an old dog, it has known many people in the village, experienced many things in the village, it has become a part of that family, became part of the village. Seeing the master's son grow to wall height day by day, seeing the master one day out of the yard and never came back, it no longer cared about that a wire, no longer cared about the gossip floating into the ears. What about people? What about dogs? There are many things that people can not guard themselves, and what can expect a dog?

The rest of the day and night, it belongs under the porch quietly crouching, occasionally barking meaningfully, as if to the village to listen, and as if to listen to themselves.

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  • Nash Ryder2 years ago

    Even as a cat person, I loved this

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