FRIENDSHIP

One cold winter morning a man stepped out of his car and headed towards his house carrying a small cardboard box in his hands. Once inside the house he set the box on the floor and pulled from it a small wooly Bouvier puppy. The man and his family laughed and cooed as they watched the small pup wobble on unsteady legs around the room like a sailor on shore leave.

Soon the other animals of the house came to investigate this new arrival. The pup leaned against the man as he was sniffed poked and prodded by dog and cat a like. The pup looked up at the man as if to say, what exactly am I supposed to do here? The man looked down at the pup and smiled. " Soon pup, all of these animals will give you a wide berth they will think twice before pawing at your face again. Don't worry pup, in time, I'll teach you."

Playtime soon came and the man rolled a ball toward the pup. As the ball reached him the pup jumped back unsure of if it was friend or foe. The man chuckled and patted the bewildered puppy on the head and said " Soon that ball will be worn and ragged from the hours of play you and I will have with it, you won't want to be without it. Don't worry pup, in time, I'll teach you."

The man walked around his house doing his daily chores and the pup followed him closely step after step. Soon the man went down some stairs and the pup stopped at the first step and looked down at the man. He whimpered as he paced over the top step. The man turned climbed the stairs back to the pup picked him up and carried him down the stairs. " Soon pup, those steps will be second nature to you, you will take them two and three at a time. Don't worry pup, in time, I'll teach you." The man said reassuring his small charge.

When it was time for the pup's first walk the man attached a lead to the pup's collar and gently nudged him along. The pup froze and pulled back against the leash unsure of what the strange pulling on his neck was. The man chuckled and reached down patting his reluctant walking companion. " Soon you and I will walk miles upon miles together, meeting new people where ever we go. You will bounce around with excitement at the very sight of this leash in my hand. Don't worry pup, in time, I'll teach you." The man explained to the frightened youngster.

While looking for more toys to occupy the furry ball of energy at his feet. The man found a picture of his lost friend. The bouvier that had just crossed rainbow bridge. The man sighed as he wondered if this new pup would want to be as big a part of his life. He wondered if they would take timeless walks together, sit in the car at the McDonalds drive thru waiting patiently for there favorite ice cream cones. He wondered if this pup would always want to be near him no matter where he was. The man worried that he expected to much out of this new friendship. The small wooly pup looked up at the man with sparkling eye and knowing smile as if to say. " We will be all those things and more. I can not be your lost friend but I can and will give you all I have. Don't worry man, in time, I'll teach you..."

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