Evenifthedeathcannotseparateus
我的主人们，
请不要为我悲伤太久，
不管我睡得多沉，
依旧可以听到你们的呼唤，
所有的死神都无法阻止我
朝你们欢快地摇尾巴。
一只狗狗的告白
ADog'sLastWill
佚名 / Anonymous
WhenIwasapuppy， ， anddespiteanumberofchewedshoesandacoupleofmurderedthrowpillows， “bad”， you’dshakeyourfingeratmeandask “Howcouldyou？”—butthenyou’drelent， androllmeoverforabellyrub.
Myhousebreakingtookalittlelongerthanexpected， becauseyouwereterriblybusy， ， ， carrides， stopsforicecream (Ionlygottheconebecause “icecreamisbadfordogs”， yousaid)， andItooklongnapsinthesunwaitingforyoutocomehomeattheendoftheday.
Gradually， youbeganspendingmoretimeatworkandonyourcareer， ， comfortedyouthroughheartbreaksanddisappointments， neverchidedyouaboutbaddecisions， andrompedwithgleeatyourhomecomings， ， nowyourwife， isnota “dogperson”—stillIwelcomedherintoourhome， triedtoshowheraffection， .
， howtheysmelled， andIwantedtomotherthem， ， andIspentmostofmytimebanishedtoanotherroom， ， howIwantedtolovethem， butIbecamea “prisoneroflove”.Astheybegantogrow， ， pokedfingersinmyeyes， investigatedmyears， —becauseyourtouchwasnowsoinfrequent—， andtogetherwewaitedforthesoundofyourcarinthedriveway.
Therehadbeenatime， whenothersaskedyouifyouhadadog， ， youjustanswered “yes” “yourdog” to “justadog”， ， youhaveanewcareeropportunityinanothercity， ’vemadetherightdecisionforyour “family”， buttherewasatimewhenIwasyouronlyfamily.
， offear， “Iknowyouwillfindagoodhomeforher”.-ageddog， evenonewith “papers”.Youhadtopryyourson’sfingersloosefrommycollar， ashescreamed， “No， ’tletthemtakemydog！” AndIworriedforhim， andwhatlessonsyouhadjusttaughthimaboutfriendshipandloyalty， aboutloveandresponsibility， andaboutrespectforalllife.
Yougavemeagood-byepatonthehead， avoidedmyeyes， ， ， ， “Howcouldyou？”
， ofcourse， ， wheneveranyonepassedmypen， Irushedtothefront， hopingitwasyou—thatyouhadchangedyourmind—thatthiswasallabaddream...orIhopeditwouldatleastbesomeonewhocared， ， oblivioustotheirownfate， Iretreatedtoafarcornerandwaited.
Iheardherfootstepsasshecameformeattheendoftheday， ， ， ， ， andIknowthat， ， Ilaydownsleepily， lookedintoherkindeyesandmurmured， “Howcouldyou？”
Perhapsbecausesheunderstoodmydogspeak， shesaid “I’msosorry”.Shehuggedme， andhurriedlyexplaineditwasherjobtomakesureIwenttoabetterplace， whereIwouldn’tbeignoredorabusedorabandoned， orhavetofendformyself—aplaceofloveandlightsoverydifferentfromthisearthlyplace.
Andwithmylastbitofenergy， Itriedtoconveytoherwithathumpofmytailthatmy “Howcouldyou？” ， MyBelovedMaster， .
