A very old stray {The Old Fella Story}
Went camping this weekend at a campground on the lake, had not been there for a few years. Once there I began to walk around looking at the different sites when I noticed a very old dog. He just lay t...
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One day a camper pulled into site twenty and the family set up camp as Fella watched from a distance. Nice looking folks Fella thought, but I see they already have a dog so that must not be them. With that Fella wandered off and found shade under a picnic table, laid down and went to sleep. Then He heard this voice calling to him, “Hey there, are you okay?” The stranger got closer as he spoke. Fella decided he was close enough and he really didn’t know this guy and just what he was up to so he got up and walked into the woods. With that the man turned and walked away. Fella made a circle in the woods and came back to site twenty to investigate when he saw Levi the Couple’s Australian Shepherd. “Hey you” Fella called “what’s the deal with your folks?” he asked. “Well first who are you and why do you want to know?” Levi questioned. “I have my reason.” Fella replied. “They seem like nice folks and they seem to treat you well.’ Fella said. “I have the best home and humans a dog could ever ask for.” Levi said. “Well do you have any grub, you know food?” Fella asked. “I’ll call mom and she will fix you something.” With that Levi called out to mom. When she heard Levi barking she looked out the camper door to see what was going on, that is when she saw Fella for the first time. “Why you poor old dog, where did you come from?" As she looked at Fella's face with the fungus all over it and the bare ragged ears she felt sorrow for him. "Here let me fix you something to eat.” With that she went back inside and brought out some of Levi’s food and placed it before him. Fella didn’t hesitate and dove right into the bowl of food and inhaled it in no time. “You poor thing. You must be starving to death” Mom said.
As soon as Fella finished he lay under the camper until Levi’s Dad returned. Still not sure of this man’s intentions Fella once again avoided and contact and left. “Did you see that poor old dog outside?” Mom asked. “I saw an old black dog with an injured leg or foot a couple of campsites down from us. When I walked up to him he walked away from me.” Dad said. “I gave him some food a while ago and he ate like it was the only food he had seen in days.” With that Mom sat down to read her book. That evening Fella showed back up at camp but stayed in the edge of woods out of sight and watched. “I wonder if this is the man the Ancestors spoke of?” Fellow thought. How am I to know if this is the one who is to take me into his home?”
Over the next few days Fella visited the campsite often but was not sure if this was the family that he would some day belong to.
The family leaves without him
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One day a camper pulled into site twenty and the family set up camp as Fella watched from a distance. Nice looking folks Fella thought, but I see they already have a dog so that must not be them. With that Fella wandered off and found shade under a picnic table, laid down and went to sleep. Then He heard this voice calling to him, “Hey there, are you okay?” The stranger got closer as he spoke. Fella decided he was close enough and he really didn’t know this guy and just what he was up to so he got up and walked into the woods. With that the man turned and walked away. Fella made a circle in the woods and came back to site twenty to investigate when he saw Levi the Couple’s Australian Shepherd. “Hey you” Fella called “what’s the deal with your folks?” he asked. “Well first who are you and why do you want to know?” Levi questioned. “I have my reason.” Fella replied. “They seem like nice folks and they seem to treat you well.’ Fella said. “I have the best home and humans a dog could ever ask for.” Levi said. “Well do you have any grub, you know food?” Fella asked. “I’ll call mom and she will fix you something.” With that Levi called out to mom. When she heard Levi barking she looked out the camper door to see what was going on, that is when she saw Fella for the first time. “Why you poor old dog, where did you come from?" As she looked at Fella's face with the fungus all over it and the bare ragged ears she felt sorrow for him. "Here let me fix you something to eat.” With that she went back inside and brought out some of Levi’s food and placed it before him. Fella didn’t hesitate and dove right into the bowl of food and inhaled it in no time. “You poor thing. You must be starving to death” Mom said.
As soon as Fella finished he lay under the camper until Levi’s Dad returned. Still not sure of this man’s intentions Fella once again avoided and contact and left. “Did you see that poor old dog outside?” Mom asked. “I saw an old black dog with an injured leg or foot a couple of campsites down from us. When I walked up to him he walked away from me.” Dad said. “I gave him some food a while ago and he ate like it was the only food he had seen in days.” With that Mom sat down to read her book. That evening Fella showed back up at camp but stayed in the edge of woods out of sight and watched. “I wonder if this is the man the Ancestors spoke of?” Fellow thought. How am I to know if this is the one who is to take me into his home?”
Over the next few days Fella visited the campsite often but was not sure if this was the family that he would some day belong to.
The family leaves without him
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