I dunno wat is dis thin’ about dogs dat cathches me on;I tell u its sumthin lik a c a dog and I cant kip my hands of him. I was alwaz an animal lover….I have a pet puppy at home for lik years now, I had a stray dog once but my dear dear mom shooed him away; I once had a rabbit(didn’t lik her much tho)….and birds…I hav many of dem at hom…not caged mind u…and we do not feed them as well…its just dat dey have made deir nest near my room…about 5 of dem,and at night or wen its pouring outsides u can alwaz hear deir chi-chi….isnt dat sweeet? It’s a question I neednt ask.
I remember petting browny (not officially) from 1st year itself. Its sumthing abt dat mark on his forehead, d way closes his eyes wen u tuch his forehead…and bad enuf for him d way he hurts himself almost evry odr day; sumtimes limping on dis paw, sumtimes on d oder….but boy,he is adorable. I saw him d odr day in front of d main building and I cald him…d way he responded dat he was happy 2 c me….d wagging f his tail…I kno he ws happy….u jst tap on his forehead and I tel u…he’s on his way….i mean u neednt giv him any food,he’l stil b as happy 2 c u (quite unlik ppl). Wen googlu and googly(dose r stupid names…my frend evn jokd once as 2 wat was deir mom’s names,google? Funny,yeh); wer born in d drain at LH more(place in colg) I saw once dat shopkeepers der wer feeding dem…and dat is true in evry sens of d term. But den who wudnt? Soft, black and white balls of fur all huddled together….u cant help but luv dem.
Unfortunately, it isn’t alwaz so. I once went 2 c googlu nd googly wen dey wer stil quite small nd had jst strtd running about…I remember he ws limping badly; I askd d shpkpr (lalu da) and he told me sum bicycle had cm nd hit him….gosh wat r u?blind. sum ppl I kno behave lik dogs r snakes in d sens dat u hav 2 kill snakes –poisonous or not; in d sam way dey hav 2 do sumthin 2 get rid of d bloody dogs…if dey do nt pelt stones demselves, dey r so damn scarrrreeeeeeddd dat dey r RABID or sumthin’ wrse(do nt spread rumors atleast….dey shud get an Oscar for dat fabulos acting) dat sum1 els had 2 purge dem of d terror. U don’t lik dogs, get out f d way….vry simple and lemme assure u dat dey’l nt cm 2 u lukin for food and in d least lukin for wat dey need most and wich u r incapable of givin’ – LOVE.
But den der r som sunshine daz wen I c an MBA di (nw pass out) patting browny’s head as if it ws a routin affair and him forgetting me 4 a momnt(I felt jelus, must admit); or wen I c dat hugly notorius black puppy in LH carrying stolen pair of shoes and parading away wid his prize in his mouth firmly secured 2 tear it away 2 glory and hav a whale of time….i bcum speechles. dis particular incident wen dis blak pupy ws carrying incidentally nt 1 but both d shoes ws pointed 2 me by hostel wali mashi(1 who cuks) and she ws lafing hr hart out….i cudnt help grining 2. I am so happy dat in my cors f 2 years dat I kno my bf, I hv transformed him from a guy who ws bloody terrified of dogs 2 one who nw can atlest empathize wid dem; sumtimes from a distance and sumtimes d distance dsnt matr…d last tim v wer in colg I ws playing wid browny and boy my bf patted him 2…..eeeeeeeeeeeeeee……..he ws a litl scred, bt den wat d hell….browny as usual ws a sweetheart.
Wen I ws younger my dad told me dis-
“What is the difference between a stray dog and a stray man? If u feed a stray dog, he’ll never bite you but if you feed a stray man, he is sure to bite you.” – mark twain
(D wrds mite b a litl difrnt due 2 my oft usage of dis particular quote but den d essence remains d same).
I m nt sur of d stray man part but I can asure and reassure u abt d stray dog part….do try yourself and figure it out(u neednt go 2 Haridwar 2 purge ur sins, u hv a golden chance 2 lessen 1 nw J)
Regards……ME.