stray dog

It's a beautiful morning, with its tail tucked between its legs, it walks slowly through the once glorious Red Star Street. Now the Red Star Street has completely changed its appearance, renamed "pedestrian commercial street". The same commercial street, the original high and low scattered stores, now into a neat high-rise. Its favorite tofu workshop has disappeared, turned into a jewelry store, it clearly remembers that the owner of the tofu workshop is a hunchbacked old man with a smile on his face.

　　At that time in the early morning, when the first ray of sunrise appeared in the east, the workshop fresh bean curd is out of the pot, the heat is like a strong white fog swept half of the street, the fresh air is full of fragrance, that is the fragrance of the new beans after pulverizing, at this time it will smell the fragrance, appeared in the doorway of the workshop.

　　"What a glutton, smelling the aroma and coming." The workshop's owner, that cute old hunchbacked man with a dark blue apron tied around his waist, smiled when he saw it and threw it a piece of tofu, which it caught in its mouth with great precision. It wasn't actually hungry, it just liked chewing on a piece of tofu in the early morning.

　　Now that everything has changed, it smacks its lips and lingers in front of the jewelry store, trying hard to remember the aroma of that tofu. He knows that he has no advantage now, he is an earth dog, an old earth dog, he has no beautiful fur, he can't be pampered, he has to be careful, and if he doesn't pay attention, he will be kicked or beaten with a stick.

　　After wandering for five years, it was covered with wounds, kicks from leather shoes, blunt objects, and even stab wounds from knives. Once it was captured by some men who were going to eat its flesh, but when the knife went down, they realized that the dog's old flesh was not fresh enough, so they let it go, and it came back from the dead, feeling lucky.

　　In the past, it used to be a notorious hero on this street. On a stormy night, it fought five thieves alone, saved a silk store, and was seriously injured itself, and was saved by the owner of the silk store. Later, the Li family grain store, the Zhang family oil mill, Huo's hardware, etc., were successfully repelled by it one late night before the thieves had a chance to act. Its fame spread far and wide, and it became a recognized hero on this street. At that time, it paraded back and forth on this street with its head held high, and the people in the surrounding stores greeted it and gave it food, and it was so majestic that it gathered the favor of a street in one.

　　"Hey, old man, do you know what a ham is?" At that moment, a fellow who looked like a large squirrel shouted at it from a distance.

　　"You nasty rat, why didn't that Spanish sailor throw you overboard in the first place?" It said.

　　He knew the fellow's name, "Bishop" or something like that. Look at him, he's got the nerve to be called a Bishop. These guys lived on a small island, then followed the Spanish sailors from one continent to another continent, the 13th century Italian sailors brought them to the European continent, and then slowly spread all over the world.

　　It avoided the "big squirrel", it does not want to conflict with it, not afraid of it, but afraid of the people who hold it. It feels old, its footsteps are obviously not as flexible as in the past, its sense of hearing and smell are not as sensitive as in the past, and its reaction has become slow. From when it went to fall, it can't remember, in any case, there is no fixed source of food, but also insulted and bullied by those outsiders and those who rely on people's power, it dares not to resist, if it causes trouble, the lighter one will be beaten, the heavier one will lose his life.

　　It hadn't eaten for two days and was very hungry. Although this street no longer needs it, even hate its existence, it will walk on a hungry stomach, as if it is a mission, it must finish a trip every day. Only by walking on this street can it find a little confidence. It tried to walk with its head held high, perhaps it was too hungry, and just as it raised its head, it felt its eyes blacken, the path under its feet became blurred, and it fell to the ground gasping for breath.

　　"You dead dog, go away and get out of the way." The security guard at the entrance of the mall kicked it hard with his foot, it felt its head was instantly shattered, it struggled a few times and fell down again, it was too hungry, it felt like its life was coming to an end.

　　In the morning, the pedestrian street was bustling. Different people, all kinds of shoes passed in front of it, it was dying, gasping for air, someone stepped on its tail and walked by, someone stepped on its paw, it was in pain, it was just powerless to make a sound.

　　"Why don't you call and have management haul this dead dog away? It's too disruptive to the cityscape!"

　　"Just throw it directly into the dumpster next to it."

　　Some people were talking around it, and someone stepped on its head and said, "It looks like this old dog is really dead, its fur isn't worth a few dollars!"

　　It wanted to move a little, thinking in its heart but unable to command its body, the noisy talking around it became more and more indistinct and blurred, it felt like it was really dying.

　　"Catch the thief ah, he snatched my bag, catch the thief ah--"

　　Suddenly, a girl's cry for help cut through the tranquility of the street.

　　A pair of sneakers quickly passed through its eyes, followed by a pair of high heels. It opened its eyes slightly, and in its blurred vision, it saw a girl running after a man, who was carrying a woman's purse in his hand.

　　Pedestrians on the street were dodging, and countless cell phones were taking pictures as they popped up all around.

　　The girl could not chase the bag thief, tired of squatting down with a hand on the abdomen, looking around to see the onlookers, photographers, commentators, eyes showing despair.

　　At this point, people suddenly found that the old dog has died shook and stood up, only to see it "whoosh", jumped out a long way.

　　It is it, hungry and dying it, heard the woman calling for help and desperate cries, as if hearing the call of duty, a magical power spread throughout the body, its hair suddenly stood up, stood up fiercely, arrow-like to the thief rushed over.

　　The bag thief screamed and it was pounced on after the dead drag, the girl's bag was it back.

　　Someone reported to the police, the police rushed to the scene, only to see the old earth dog did not hurt the bag thief, just dead bite his clothes, stopped breathing.