HENRY
Some of us give our dogs cute little names like Sparky, Spanky, Ace, Sissy, and even Malcolm. Then others give our dogs people names, like Jimmy, Sandy, Harry, Bob, and Henry. This story is about Henry. It's not just a dog story, but a story to show mankind just how tender-hearted a little puppy can be. It is to show people exactly how smart a little dog can grow into an intelligent big dog.
Henry was injured recently. Bitten by a stray dog who came into his yard and attacked him, Henry, a little basset hound, had to have surgery to fend off the infection from the stray's attack. Henry is healing and will be just as good as new in no time. And though, he's just a little puppy, little Henry has a heart that some people know nothing about. The heart of kindness and tenderness, and love.
Henry lives with his "mom", "brother", and another dog. He also lives with a cat. And though cats and dogs sometimes do not get along, little Henry just loves anything that is around him. He doesn't care. He's just a playful little puppy.
The other day in Henry's home, the cat came up missing. She was pregnant and her master worried about her whereabouts, but after searching, could not find her. But Henry did! He walked into his master's living room carrying, very gently in his mouth, a newborn kitten. He then led his master to a closet where, lo and behold, there were more kittens. The kitten was placed with its mother, and the master of the house thought Henry would just check things out now and then and not go near the mama cat. Not true.
Henry approached his master again and began barking. Thinking Henry just wanted to play, his barks didn't seem like any big deal. When Henry noticed his barks were not making much headway, he began barking and pulling on his master's pant leg. It was then thought, "Can Henry be telling me something?" His master followed him where he ran to another closet. In that closet laid a little newborn kitten. The kitten was dead. This seemed to upset Henry.
Now some people will tell we, who love dogs, that our dogs are not that smart. Others will tell us we just imagine them smiling, or understanding what we are saying. But to those of us who KNOW, we know our dogs communicate with us through body language, barks, and big sloppy kisses all over our face, legs and arms. We also know if our dogs could talk, our lives would never be the same again.
Henry is just a little puppy. And yet.........unlike many humans that I know, he cared about a little kitten born dead. He cared about the rest of the litter and was smart enough to let his master know the baby kittens were born. When he carried the tiny kitten to his master, he carried it very gently in his mouth and never harmed the kitten in any way.
Wouldn't it be wonderful if all humans felt about others the way Henry thought of that tiny kitten? Wouldn't it be wonderful if all humans felt the love and tenderness that little dog showed?
Henry is going to grow up into a wonderful adult dog. I have no doubt he will carry the tenderness and love as an adult dog that he has shown as a puppy.
God Bless all our furry little "children."
Sharon Bryant
(Thank you, Sharon, for sending me this sweet story.)
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