Keepin’ It Together – Out of the Ashes….Bria’s Wild Ride – Chapter 2
Chapter two: Picture this! Me, standing on the sidewalk in front of our house. Fire is coming from the building down the street; and I realize that’s where the funny smell was coming from. The people standing in the street say the neighbor’s house is on fire….. and the fire is starting to spread to the houses on both sides……and one of those houses is OURS! Don’t believe me? Then CLICK HERE to check out the news!
After what seems like hours, Mom and Dad drive up with the kids. They all rush up and hug me, thanking the man in the funny suit for saving me. Heck, I was having fun playing in all that water, but just not to embarrass them, I play along and let them cry on me and cuddle me as we watch our house get drowned by the water being sprayed on it by all the men in their funny suits and pan-hats.
Then suddenly, before I know it, my family puts me into a van with a strange man. The van smells like dogs. I watch my family standing huddled together in the street as we drive off in that van, and I start to cry so hard, my tears could put out that fire! Why would they desert me and give me to this strange person? Where is he taking me? What will happen to Alana and the rest of my family?
As we drive up to a big white building, the man stops the van and takes me out with a leash. He tells me not to worry and that everything will be fine now that I am at the shelter. So THIS is a shelter? I’d heard of shelters before from some of the dogs I played with around my home. Some of them used to live at the shelter. They said the place was full of animals in cages and the animals were cared for by nice people until they were adopted. I tell the man I’m not going to be adopted; I already have a family, thankyouverymuch! But I don’t think he understands me. Lots of people seem to have trouble understanding what I’m telling them…….but never Alana. Anyway, I’m put into a cage, given dishes with food and water, and left alone with the other dogs in cages. It’s about the saddest time I’ve ever had in all my three years – not because I don’t like the place or the other animals (it doesn’t take much to make me happy), but because I miss Alana and my family. What will become of me now? READ MORE
