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The Perfect Dog |
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By Jan Peck,
Chicken Soup for the Kid's Soul |
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During summer vacations, I would volunteer
at the vet's, so I'd seen a lot of dogs.
Minnie was by far the funniest-looking dog
I'd ever seen. Thin curly hair barely
covered her sausage-shaped body. Her
bugged-out eyes always seemed surprised. And
her tail looked like a rat's tail.
She was brought to the vet to be put to
sleep because her owners didn't want her
anymore. I thought Minnie had a sweet
personality, though. "No one should judge
her by her looks," I thought. So the vet
spayed her and gave her the necessary shots.
Finally, I advertised Minnie in the local
paper: "Funny-looking dog, well behaved,
needs loving family." |
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When a young man called, I warned him that
Minnie was strange looking. The boy on the
phone told me that his grandfather's
sixteen-year-old dog had just died. They
wanted Minnie no matter what. I gave Minnie
a good bath and fluffed up what was left of
her scraggly hair. Then we waited for them
to arrive.
At last, an old car drove up in front of the
vet's. Two kids raced to the door. They
scooped Minnie into their arms and rushed
her out to their grandfather, who was
waiting in the car. I hurried behind them to
see his reaction to Minnie.
Inside the car, the grandfather cradled
Minnie in his arms and stroked her soft
hair. She licked his face. Her rattail
wagged around so quickly that it looked like
it might fly off her body. It was love at
first lick.
"She's perfect!" the old man exclaimed.
I was thankful that Minnie had found the
good home that she deserved.
That's when I saw that the grandfather's
eyes were a milky white color - he was
blind. |
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