A Mans Only Friend.

Chapter One
A beautiful friendship

It was a beautiful day, and somewhere planted on the Earth was a man spending it with his dog. That mans name was Caleb, the dogs name? Well- gracious! It was Roxy. Caleb was very attached to his five year old 'puppy', and never wanted to loose her. But life doesn't race in a canines heart forever, and death was hidden around the corner.

Caleb was dancing gracefully under the firey sun, the sun running through his veins on this lovely summer day like he was a sponge absorbing every ounce of the precious sun. Roxy was running on her stubby joints, prancing around him with her last few breaths. Poor, poor Caleb lived alone, according to his sisters last battle with cancer. His location was in the center of the woods, away from the city and suburbs, he also was not in any school, for he was training in the military. He was choosen as a nurse for the military, for his aim was off and sloppy. In a month or so, he would have to leave his small home, and his only pal, to go to the army.

At the end of the day, he was laying in bed staring up at the ceiling... When suddenly, he felt a slobbery round ball drop into his hand that was laying sprawled off the bed, "Gah- Roxy..Come up here girl!" Caleb sat up weekly, patting his bed with his non-slobberfyed hand. In a short second, the large cocker spaniel crashed by his side. "Good girl!" His vocals let out a sweet chuckle, and his canine pal returned a short and sweet bark, it was as if she understood what he was saying..

The two did everything together. They would eat at the table together, they would 'read' books together, and Roxy followed Caleb everywhere he went. Yes, everywhere. If he was leaving to visit family, she would duck into the luggage. No dogs allowed in a store? There's