story

I got this story from a radio station. It is a true story...

There is a statue somewhere in Britain, and the statue is a statue of a dog. It is neither a highly breed dog nor strong dog. It is just a normal stray canine that we always saw on the street. But every year, people around the neighborhood pay respect to the statue. Sooner, it has become a famous spot and attracted tourist with the story. So, what is so special about this dog?

There is no name for the dog, as far as I know from the story. It is said that there is this dog owner, an old man, who always bring the dog to a restaurant for meals. Whenever they came, the owner will always order a meal for himself and order some for the dog as well. The dog is very obedient, will always wait for his owner to start eat first, then he start. This has impressed the restaurant owner, and always give dog some bread without charge.

And there is one day, the dog came into the restaurant alone. Not knowing what happened, the restaurant owner still give the dog bread. Whenever the dog got the bread, it will bite it and went away from the restaurant. Such visit happened for the rest of the days, and the dog is getting thinner and thinner. Then the restaurant owner and the regular customers started to wonder why they havent seen the old man. So, there is one day, after giving the dog the bread, they followed the dog. They follow him until a cemetery, where his owner was burried. When the dog reaches there, it will sat down in front of the grave, barking and barking, and after a while, would lie down and started eating the bread. Everyone who seen that was touched. Some even pity with the dog getting thinner, would offer to harbour the dog, including the restaurant owner. But everytime they do so, the dog would not follow them and turn back to the grave. As time goes by, the dog still visited the restaurant for bread and went to the owners grave. Until one day, until after almost 14yrs, yes is 14yrs, the dog didnt showed up at the restaurant. The restaurant owner went to the grave, finding the dog died there. They were sad, but was glad thinking that the dog can now be with the owner again, for being so loyal and persistent. For that, they built a statue for the dog, and pay their respect every year since then.

Persistent, honoring a relationship/friendship and loyal, even a normal dog knows. But not many has it as a human nowadays. Some cant even make it for 14days, not to say 14yrs. The story is to remind us each and everyday.