Russel's Loyalty
“With a little more digging I should be able to get free!”
Russel thought as he kept digging ferociously at the dirt right under the
fence.
For Russel loved his home, but he wanted to see what all
else there was out there beyond his yard just for a little bit and then come
back. So, he kept digging while his family was away for the day like they
normally are. Finally, he knew it would be a tight fit, but he could squeeze
his way under the fence and go see what else this world has for him.
As he began going under the fence face first pushing with
all his might with the slight fear of get getting stuck, he gently began to
slide under the fence. But as he was sliding he could hear a ripping sound
which he was unconcerned with for the time being.
As he was finally free, he did a quick run around to the
front yard where he did a circle or two and then began smelling everything in
sight immediately with such excitement that he didn’t even notice that the tag
part of his collar had fallen off due to the ripping of his collar as he was
escaping the back yard.
Russel ran around pretty close to his house for a while
until a man jogging noticed Russel. This man had just moved to the neighborhood
from Florida and was excited to see Russel run up to him. The man had left his
family in another state for a job, so he was feeling pretty lonely. He decided
to take Russel home with him since he was all dirty and looked like a stray dog
with a dog tag that had been clearly ripped off of his collar.
Russel was excited to go see a new home with his new friend
and didn’t even realize what was taking place as he ran back to the man’s house
with him. Russel went all the way back to the man’s house where he decided to
give him food and a bath. All tired from the day he had, Russel fell asleep at
this man’s house on accident.
Next day he realized that his new friend wasn’t just wanting
to be his new friend. He wanted to be his new master. This made Russel sad, but
he wasn’t sure what to do so he just became sad.
One day his new master realized how lazy and sad Russel had
been for a while and decided to try and take him on his jog with him. Russel
went with him and ran beside him on his leash, but he didn’t quite realize he
was in the same neighborhood as his old home because he didn’t ever go out
front.
Finally, Russel realized that he was in front of his old
family’s home and took off with all his might towards the house in which his new
master dropped his leash. Russel ran around the yard of his old family’s house
looking for his dog tag. He then found it and carried it to the front door
where he dropped the tag and clawed at the door.
His new master ran up first confused by the strange actions
of Russel, only to see the dog tag in which he realized what was taking place.
By chance, his new master decided to ring the doorbell of the house and luckily
someone was home.
“Russel” his old master screamed as he opened the door! He
then began to listen to the jogging man’s story while Russel was thankful the
man helped him out, he also realized that he shouldn’t leave the people he
loves as well.
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| I found this image of a dog collar on Wikimedia Commons. |
Author’s Note:
This story is very loosely based off the story of Sita and
Ravana from the Public Domain edition of Ramayana. In this story, Hanuman, the
character in charge of returning Sita back to Rama is watching from above in a
tree, watches Ravana try to convince Sita of rejecting Rama but instead
marrying him. As Sita is very in love with Rama, she completely rejects Ravana.
Ravana then gave her two months to change her mind, and if she didn’t she would
then be tortured. Ravana then leaves her to only be harassed by rakshasi
guards. While my story is very different from this one, I tried to have the
same plot line in tact at least. I felt that I could tell a story of a Dog
leaving one home for another but then having an option of either being loyal to
his original master, who represents Rama, or staying with Ravana instead, who
represents the jogger who found him. Obviously, my story is a lot more modern,
and childish but I wanted the idea of free will to be seen just as it is in the
original story.
Bibliography:
Gavin,
ReplyDeleteHonestly I was completely lost until I read the author's note. But I have to say the story itself was great. After reading the author's note the story made a lot more sense, and I see the parallelism in the two stories. I dog's actions very really sweet and reminded me of what one of my friend's dogs had done.
Gavin, I loved the spin you put on the story of Sita and Ravana! It was a really creative take on it, and who doesn't love a good story about a dog? I loved the ending when he realizes that he's in his old neighborhood and takes off towards his old home and family!
ReplyDeleteGavin, I absolutely love how you started the story. It was adorable how the dog was trying to dig because he wanted to explore. I was able to picture it in my head. I really like how your story has a moral in it. It was really nice of the new owner to give him back to his old owner. It must have been so hard for them to do that. I also like how descriptive the story is. It talks about what the dog was thinking as well as what he's doing. I look forward to reading more of your stories.
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