Journal #1

As humans today we all know that dogs all bark, some are yippy and ear piercing as where some are deep and scary. Times have not always been this way. A long long time ago a dog never had a bark. The dog was just silent and could not speak for its own self. Everyone would just take advantage of all of the poor dogs and just talk down to them and say whatever they would like to because the dog could not defend itself and say anything back to any of the humans. However, one day there was a really really bad storm and as mean as the humans where, they left their dogs outside in this awful storm. The dogs were all running around without being able to talk and they were all really scared. In the middle of this awful storm lightening struck down in between all of the dogs, as a huge boom of thunder came as well, and it shook the whole entire ground causing all the dogs to jump because the lightening strike scared them. The mean humans of the time also were scared and awoken from this loud thunder and lightening strike. The dogs right away started running around away from where the lightening had touched down. None of the dogs knew that they could bark yet. The dogs were all so scared they just kept running and running until they reached where other humans lived. These humans were the good Native American's that had respect for animals such as the dog. As soon as the dogs arrived they treated them with such respect that the old human owners never gave them. The dogs were much much happier here. The Native American tribe knew how they had came because this had happened before. As result of their new friends arrival the tribe began to teach the dogs how to communicate and bark. While all of this was going on the old human owners were lost without their dogs. Even though they were mean to the dogs and talked down to them, they were all so used to them always being there when they needed something. Even at this time the dog was a man's best friend.

From this story one can learn that you must always treat your companions with respect and be kind otherwise they will then have a reason to leave for something better than you if you are mean.