A Dog's Plea

A Dog's Plea

Treat me kindly,my beloved friend, for no heart in all the world is more grateful for kindness than the loving heart of me.

Do not break my spirit with a stick,for though I should lick your hand between blows,your patience and understanding will teach me the things you would have me learn.

Speak to me often,for your voice is the sweetest music,as you must know by the fierce

wagging of my tail when your footsteps falls on my waiting ear.

Please take me inside when it's cold and wet,for I am a domesticated animal,no longer accustomed to bitter elements.I ask no greater glory than the privilege than sitting at your feet beside the hearth.

Keep my water pan filled with fresh water for I can not tell you when I suffer from thirst.

Feed me clean food that I may stay well,to romp and play and do your bidding,to walk by your side,and stand ready,willing and able to protect you with my life,should your life be in danger.

And,my friend,when I am very old,and I no longer enjoy good health,hearing,and sight,do not make any heroic efforts to keep me going.Please see that my trusting life is taken gently.I shall leave this earth knowing with the last breath I draw that my fate was always safest in your hands.Then in the next life we can be together again.

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