Puppies for Sale

Enero 11, 2008 at 10:01 umaga | In Story | 14 Comments

A farmer had some puppies he needed to sell. He painted a sign advertising the pups and set about Nailing it to a post on the edge of his yard. As he was driving the last nail into the post, he Felt a tug on his overalls. He looked down into the Eyes of a little boy.

Mister,” he said, “I want to buy one of your puppies.”

“Well,” said the farmer, as he rubbed the sweat off the back of his neck, “these puppies come from fine parents and cost a good deal of money.”

The boy dropped his head for a moment. Then reaching deep into his pocket, he pulled out a handful of change and held it up to the farmer. “I’ve got thirty-nine cents. Is that enough to take a look?”

“Sure,” said the farmer.

And with that he let out a whistle,”Here,Dolly!” he called.

Out from the doghouse and down the ramp ran Dolly followed by four little balls of fur. The little boy pressed his face against the chain link fence. His eyes danced with delight.

As the dogs made their way to the fence, the little boy noticed something else stirring inside the doghouse. Slowly another little ball appeared; this One noticeably smaller. Down the ramp it slid. Then in a somewhat awkward manner the little pup began hobbling toward the others, doing its best to catch up….

“I want that one,” the little boy said, pointing to the runt.

The farmer knelt down at the boy’s side and said, “Son, you don’t want that puppy. He will never be able to run and play with you like these other dogs would.”

With that the little boy stepped back from the fence, reached down, and began rolling up one leg of his trousers. In doing so he revealed a steel brace running down both sides of his leg attaching itself To a specially made shoe. Looking back up at the farmer, he said, “You see sir, I don’t run too well myself, and he will need Someone who understands.”

The world is full of people who need someone who understands.

(First posted here on 09/18/2006 and I will repost this again since my task this day is to post a prose/short story content. Yes, I have a list of things to post per day, I’m going to share it to you guys this coming Monday! Hehehe!)

Note:

Next Friday, I will publish my own short story (In tagalog pocketbook format) instead of posting my favorite short stories I read in Friendster and MySpace wherein I’m not the author. Here’s the sequel to that story.

Anino ng Pagkakataon (Pocketbook Story Teaser, available online on January 18, 2008!):

DALAWANG dalagang pinaglayo ng tadhana at kapwa iibig sa isang lalake na siyang tutulong sa kanila upang lutasin ang suliranin ng kanilang nakaraan.

Si Jen, ang nag-iisang tagapagmana at sikat na modelo.
Si Faye, isang katulong na may mapait na nakaraan.
At si Sawn, isang playboy at easy-going na tao.

Anu ang kahihinatnan ng kanilang bukas pagkatapos nilang malaman ang katotohanan sa likod ng kanilang mga pagkatao?

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  1. awwwww……… =,)

    foo: *bigay flowers* o eto, para ma feel mo ng todo. ^^

    Comment ni alphasensei — Enero 11, 2008 #

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  2. your blog always makes me think foobarph..nice drawing you got there (below)

    foo: thanks cat! akala ko di mo na ako babalikan dito sa wordpress. na miss kita. (guys, si cat ay isang ex-wp blogger, she’s too busy sa work kaya nagkaganyan. hehe)

    Comment ni cat — Enero 11, 2008 #

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  3. nice one..

    foo: thanks two your reply two. ^_^

    Comment ni Banana — Enero 11, 2008 #

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  4. nkaka tats nmn :oops:

    The world is full of people who need someone who understands <<< m 1 of them :oops:

    foo: huwahh! you’re the second one who said “naka tats”, hehe. minsan nga magaya ko yung way nung replies nyo, ang kyut kasi eh. nakaka tats din ang replies nyo. muhuhuhu!

    Comment ni koreanmine — Enero 11, 2008 #

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  5. ay nakakatats naman. :roll:

    foo: oo nga eh. matagal na yang post na yan, ni repost ko lang since wala na akong maisip na i po post for short story this day. bukas (saturday), i will be featuring a place/person/thing… basta saturday is for special feature. i can’t wait to see it for my ownself. ^^

    Comment ni camilleeee — Enero 11, 2008 #

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  6. foo, link kita ha. sana ok lng ;-) tnx.

    foo: walang problema camilleeee, i li link back na rin kita pero sa isang kondisyon. gawan mo muna ako ng isang tula. (kesyo para sa patay o para sa buhay, ok lang). hehe

    Comment ni camilleeee — Enero 11, 2008 #

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  7. ay ganun. tula? hmmm…

    try ko ha… (*sipol epeks*)

    will let u know pag meron na.

    foo: sige, maghihintay ako… kahit hanggang bukas. hehehe. :D

    Comment ni camilleeee — Enero 12, 2008 #

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  8. cute naman ng mga puppies.

    foo: cute ka rin naman isay. ilan na anak mo? ^^

    Comment ni isay — Enero 12, 2008 #

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  9. cute dogs and i can’t help but comment :) link kita ha since madalas ka naman sa blog ko :) i’m looking forward to your stories.

    foo: thanks ladyracer! link na rin kita since i like reading your stuffs as well. be well everyday!

    Comment ni ladyracer — Enero 12, 2008 #

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  10. This is a great story. Thanks for sharing :)

    foo: i think so too jenni. have a good day ahead! ^^

    Comment ni musicgirljen — Enero 13, 2008 #

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  11. yeah, we all need someone who understands.

    oi, good luck sa short story mo. hope to read it here soon. :)

    foo: oo nga salve, ang daming pumapasok na idea sa isip ko pero blurry lahat, patulong naman oh, please?

    Comment ni Salve — Enero 14, 2008 #

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  12. ang ganda naman.

    foo: oo nga. mganda talaga. ^_^

    Comment ni jay — Enero 15, 2008 #

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  13. aaww… nice story. Na touch ako… the world is full of people who need someone who understands << so true.. :D

    foo: ako nga rin, sobrang na touch. hay… salamat po!

    Comment ni YouAreYou — Enero 17, 2008 #

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  14. can i link you up na rin? please payag ka na… :D

    foo: ano nga po ulit url mo?

    Comment ni YouAreYou — Enero 17, 2008 #

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