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One nice morning, when Gaia was doing yoga and Zoé waspreparing coffee, they heard a very loud noise coming from Amélie’s henhouse.
« My goodness it's happening again », thought Zoé, raising her eyebrows.
« Let’s go » said Gaia smiling.
They went to the henhouse and there they found Bo, crouching in Amélie’s nest brooding the eggs.
Amélie was quietly sleeping on his back.
Bo was a little dog with a strong maternal instinct.
He was full of love and was convinced that any round object could be the beginning of a new life.
All it needed was love, brooding and protection...
The reason for all this was very clear and understandable for Gaia and Zoé….
And now they are going to tell you the story!
STORY OF THE UGLY DOG ON THE BEACH
Once upon a time in a small corner of the world, far, far away, there was a small and quiet beach, where a dog lived, he wasn’t a very pretty dog, he was nothing special, like a lot of little dogs that no one wants.
This dog didn’t have any friends. The other dogs didn’t want him with them because he wasn’t big enough nor strong enough, and even the seagulls made fun of him because he was ugly, and they made his life a misery.
The little dog felt very alone. One day, when he was walking along the beach, feeling very sad, he saw something in the sand: it was a very small plant, which had probably emerged from the stone of a piece of fruit that he had eaten. Wagging his tail, he went closer and smelt it. He understood straight away that the little plant was alive and so he decided to look after it.
During the winter, he protected it from the wind, the rain and the hail by shielding it with his body. During the summer he protected it from the strong sun rays which could have burnt it, and, despite the heat and his thirst, he never left this little plant, because it was his whole life.
To defend it against the seagulls, who wanted to eat it, the little dog even became aggressive and in time the horrible birds stopped annoying him.
Time went by and the little dog is still there, next to his friend, who is now big and strong, and provides him with food and protection.During the summer evenings, you can sometimes see them together, side by side, watching the sunset, in this little world, far, far away.
***Dedicated to Luis Sepulveda
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