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The Girl and The Dog

The girl has a name, but that is not important at this very moment.
This girl had been through many hard times, including both her parents murdered by her older brother, who had gone mentally insane.
But, she had many happy times, too.
The friend that I had mentioned before was the one that took her in when no one else would. Her friend is the one that gave her the dog.

The dog has a name too, but again, that isn't needed at this time. She is a pure-bred Rhodesian ridgeback, a very rare dog that was bred to hunt lions.
She was very faithful to the girl until one night, the dog ran away, realizing that there were better places to be in life.

The girl, heartbroken, has been trying to find the dog ever since.