， 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， .
