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| This is my "bored" face... |
For those that don’t yet know me… my name is Spike and I am
a 9 month old husky. I am not very well
just now and it is hard for me to run around and have fun like huskies are supposed
to do. I have to lie down a lot as my
legs hurt. The best place to lie down is
on top of humans ‘cos they are soft and squidgy and cuddle me lots when I fall
asleep on them.
Not being able to run around and play means I get
bored. The humans give me lots of toys
and stuff to play with and sometimes they give me toys with food in them! They are my most favourite toys but I eat the
food too quickly and then I get bored.
The lady human goes running really early in the morning with
my husky friends and leaves me behind.
This makes me really sad, but I don’t like being sad and so play with
all my toys and then I feel happy again.
Sometimes I fall asleep before the other huskies come back from their
run because they go running for a very long time!!
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| The special boy husky |
Anyway, the other day I fell asleep while they were out and
had a really funny dream…
I was sitting in my cage, but I wasn’t alone. There was another boy husky beside me. He was brown like Kez but his face was
different and he was much smaller with big ears like mine.
I got really scared and tried to shout upstairs to the man
human to help me – I get scared when strange dogs come to close to me. The brown dog made a soft “whoo, whoo” noise
and told me not to be scared, he was here to help me. He had a really nice voice and when I looked
into his eyes I was not scared any more.
“What are you doing in my box” I asked him. “And how can you help me? Are you going to put more food in my toy?”
He “whoo, whoo’d” again and his eyes smiled at me. He said he brought no food, but could offer
something better than food. Now he had
my full attention as what can possibly be better than food?
He told me a very special story that made me very sad, but
very happy too. He told me all about his
life. People had been really bad to him
when he was a baby, but he was rescued and came to live in a very special home
and with a very special family. They helped
make him better and helped him learn to love life. He learned how to run and how to play. With this family he was truly happy,
especially with the lady human as she made him feel very special. In return he taught her a great many things
that will remain with her forever…
His words were magical and intriguing. I did not fully understand what he was telling
me, but I knew to trust him. He spoke of
“trust” of “hope” and of “belief”, words I do not understand but I want to as
they sounded like very special words.
She will help you, he said, just like she helped me, but it
will take time. You are young and have
the rest of your life ahead of you. Do
as she asks and this life will be a happy one where you run and jump to your
heart’s content. You will join the other
huskies on their daily runs. Run for hours
and hours as huskies are born to do. You
will feel pain no more, only happiness and fun.
You will need to be patient as this day will take a while to
arrive. Many suns will rise and fall, but
the day will one day come.
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| Cuddling humans |
His words confused me, but I nodded and asked him what I
needed to do until this day arrived.
If you promise to be a good boy, I will give you a very special
gift that will help the time pass quickly.
It will allow you to look deep into a humans mind and learn all that
they know. It will allow you to share
these thoughts with others and it will allow you to help many, including
yourself.
Without hesitation I made the promise to him.
I then got really excited and threw my head back to howl as huskies
do…. And when I stopped howling I looked around and the boy husky was gone and
in his place was the man human –well, he was not in the cage with me, but
outside looking very concerned and asking if I was okay. He opened the cage and I snuggled up to
him. Did I mention that I love cuddles…?
I felt sad that the boy husky left before he gave me my
gift, but somehow I know that I will see him again….
Spike
Spike
