A dog, tethered to a chain in the backyard, hangs herself on the metal wire she was attached to. A cat jumped the fence and was eventually poisoned. A rottweiler, left abandoned in a junkyard, dies of heat exhaustion and dehydration.
They are statistics, a never ending line of animal cruelty.
A desolate shelter, populated only by crying, starving animals, left in cages to fend for themselves. A home full of cats, stuck in squalor as their owner gets drunk, only to eventually torture some of them. A dog is beaten by an abusive ex-boyfriend of the girl who adopted him.
Statistics.
A tiger, forced to jump through hoops at threats
They dont know.
They dont know that after they are dead and gone, their story will spread. It will expand and grow, and become somewhat of a legend. People will whisper it like a ghost tale around campfires; children will be lulled to sleep by their parents soothing recollection of their tale. It will be infamous; the tale of the stray dog who learned to love, and the headstrong young girl who learned to accept change.
Once they are gone, witnesses will come forth. Townsfolk, who saw the dog, never knew what he was under the layers of torn fur and bruised skin. The man who attacked her, who had the bite wound on his leg to
Any Other Way
The war is over, and Sokka is grateful for it.
No more wandering around the world on a ten-ton bison with his sister, the Avatar, a blind Earthbender, and a winged lemur, trying to escape a psychotic prince and his even more psychotic sister, trying to end a war that has been going on for a century. No more living off the land and getting settled, only to leave in a few more days. No more meeting countless girls who he may or may not love, or might or might not love him back.
He still thinks of Yue (oh yes, every day) and Suki (he wishes dearly he had gotten revenge on the trio of dangerous ladies who murdered her
running running running. all she can do is run; from hunters, trappers, humans with guns and snarling dogs and traps in their sacks, luring her in, drawing her close, then BANG
blackness.
she flees every time, missing the gun, the icy cold teeth of the trap and the sting of a dogs bite and warm blood; blood that gushes out, staining the ground, pouring everywhere.
she pants, feet hitting the ground and she runs, runs, runs until she can see them no more when she looks back. she runs even more anyway, getting far, far away from them until the barking of coonhounds floats away and there is no more sharp crack of the gun.
she is forced
princesses and knights.
And she needed no savior, and he needed no perfection.
What little girl, stuck inside on a rainy day, has not imagined herself as a princess? In long, flowing robes of the finest silks, in dazzling pinks and blues? With a shining golden crown, and fancy jewelry, and embroidered slippers; with a castle that reaches to the heavens, with hundreds of rooms to explore, a lovely garden full of fully bloomed flowers, and a stable full of beautiful horses; and of course, with a prince.
She wanted nothing more than a prince; a real one. Someone who would ride up on a midnight black steed, climb up to her window (which wa
I Love Her, She Loves Me Back by sarcasmdog, literature
Literature
I Love Her, She Loves Me Back
I love her, she loves me back.
Death. Cold. Blood. The stench of a great battle fills my nostrils and I collapse to icy ground, feeling sharp rocks and twigs trying to dig into my skin. I am weak, tired, and alone. I am starved and beaten. My blood stains the ground red and I could curl up here, die, and no one would notice. I am a dog, and nothing more.
To the two-legs, perhaps I am a stray? A runaway? Maybe I escaped from a cruel owner, or maybe I have been wild all my life. Whatever it is, they do not come near me. They see my filthy, tattered coat and my dull brown eyes, and they scream; they run, yelling hide the children! Get th
I am a dog
I am not free
Please listen to
My silent plea
My young life began
In a run down, small shack
My first owner was crazy
Common sense he did lack
My mother was beaten
And the pups had no food
Our life was terrible and
Nothing was good
We grew and we left
All going to a new life
Away from our troubles
Our grievance and strife
My next home was better
Though humans had no time
For taking care of me
Not a terrible crime
But, they too, then left me
Out in bitter cold
The wife got a new husband
He said I was too old
They got a new puppy
And I was forced to roam
Gone was the comfort
Of my second home
I was picked
THE MILL
My life my life is hell hell on earth.
Hell is not fire. Hell is not ice. It does not have horrible demons and Satan, though the people are somewhat like it Hell is a mill. A puppy mill.
My life It is a cage, the top of a stack of many tiny, wobbling, toppling It barely supports me, my mother, and my seven siblings. Food is nonexistent to my mother almost always We feed on her milk; very little of it, since she is thin and undernourished
The wire floor is sharp and uncomfortable. No blankets, no pillows We dont go for walks; our muscles are cramped and waste falls to cag