"Youbroughtwater， too？" ， andthepuppygreetedmeenthusiastically.
"ThatonethereisT.C.， andthisone'sDog.I'mWayne." Thesad， olderdogstoppedcryinglongenoughtoseewhatwasinthecontainer.
"Whathappened， Wayne？" ， butheansweredmedirectlyandsimply."Well， IjustmovedoutherefromArizonaandhaven'tbeenabletofindwork.I'matthepointwhereIcan'tevenfeedthedogs."
"Whereareyouliving？"
"Inthattruckrightthere." ， soatleasttheyhadshelterfromtheelements.
.
"I'mamechanicandawelder，" hesaid， "Butthere'snothingouthereforeither.I'； Ihatetohavetosellthem， butIjustcan'taffordtofeedthem."
'twanttosellthem， buthecouldn'.
Thetimeseemedrighttocasuallypassoverthetwenty-dollarbill， hopingIwouldn'tfurtherdamagehisalreadyshakypride."."
"Well， thanks，" heslowlyreplied， unabletolookmeintheface."Thiscouldgetusaroomforthenight， too."
"Howlonghaveyoubeenouthere？"
"Allday."
"Hasn'tanyoneelsestopped？"
"No， you'rethefirst." ， whenthesundropped， thetemperaturewoulddipintothethirties.
Mymindwentintofast-forwardasIpicturedthethreeofthemgoingwithoutevenasinglemealtoday， perhapsforseveraldays， andspendingmanylong， coldhourscoopedupintheirinadequate， makeshiftshelter.
Seeingpeoplebegforfoodisn''-parentofninewell-fedandpassionatelyloveddogsofmyown， ithitadeepchordinme.
Idon'tthinkI'lleverreallyknowwhatcameovermeatthatmoment， inspiringmetodowhatIdidnext， '.
， ''， (fortypounds， tobeexact).， .
"Thetotalcomesto $102.91." ''tmatterthatthemortgagewasduesoonorthatIreallydidn'， atthesametime， .
TheicingonthecakewasthelookonWayne'sfacewhenIreturnedwithallthegroceries."Herearejustafewthings…" ， soIhastilypettedthedogs.
"Goodlucktoyou，" Isaidandheldoutmyhand.
"ThankyouandGodblessyou； nowIwon'thavetosellmydogs." Hissmileshonebrightlyinthedeepeningdarkness.
It'struethatpeoplearemorecomplicatedthananimals， ， ， amanlikethatdeservestobehappy.
Later， onmywayhome， .
