A Dog's Plea

So I've decided to clean out my drafts folder today!! Bordem has finally gotten the better of me!! Anyway, here is A Dog's Plea.
An awesome read, but WILL make you cry if you're a big softy like me!!!
Enjoy.
Chelle
A DOG'S PLEA
TREAT me kindly, my beloved friend for no heart in the entire world is more grateful for kindness than the loving heart of me.
DO not break my spirit with a stick, for though; I should lick your hand between blows, your patience and understanding will more quickly teach me things you would have me learn.
SPEAK to me often, for the world's sweetest music, as you must know by the fierce wagging of my tail when your footstep falls upon my waiting ear.
PLEASE take me inside when it is cold and wet, for I am a domesticated animal, no longer accustomed to bitter elements. I ask no greater glory than the privilege of sitting at your feet beside the hearth.
KEEP my pan filled with fresh water, for I cannot tell you when I thirst.
FEED me clean food that I may stay well, to romp and play and do your bidding, to walk by your side and stand ready, willing and able to protect you with my life, should your life be in danger.
AND my friend, when I am very old, and I no longer enjoy good health, hearing and sight, do not make heroic efforts to keep me going. I am not having any fun. Please see that my trusting life is taken gently. I shall leave this earth knowing with the last breath I draw that my fate was always safeest in your hands.
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