Chapter 3
The Dog
*2001 & 2010*
A day when it was Barry's turn to babysit Noah he decided to take Noah with him to visit his best friend Scott. Scott had a small beagle that wouldn't have harmed a cat. They had sat Noah on the floor with the small hound in front of him. The dog was so excited to see a new person. Especially a child. Noah was about 2 years old. The dog was so excited that he jumped on top of Noah, knocking him to the ground. He did not get hurt and the beagle did not harm him in anyway. Noah would not remember this, but he would have an extreme phobia of dogs from then on. Every time he got near a dog then he would hide and try to stay away from it. If a dog barked at him then he would cry and run away. He was not a very fast kid, but if he was every being chased by a dog then he would run faster than a racehorse. He was never caught by a dog.
*A.N.* I know I'm getting ahead of myself with this story, but I want to finish up this subject and I will probably do it like this for more chapters.
When Noah was 10 years old then he was told that they would be getting a dog and he should get over his phobia so he did. His aunt Debbie had a whole passel of dogs, but the only one that acknowledged him that was outside on this day was a Blue Healer. If you went towards Debbie's house then the dog would ferociously bark at you and then chase you then if she got close enough then she would bite you. Noah was her least favorite of all people and chased him so fast that even he could hardly get away.
"How should I do it", Noah asked his dad.
"When you get close enough for her to begin chasing you then you need to just stand there and yell at it really loud."
The night before Noah had stayed up all night wondering how he was going to get over his phobia of dogs.
The next day he went outside and got ready he put on thick clothes so that if it didn't work and he got bitten then it wouldn't hurt. So first he hid behind the building to hide himself. Then he got all of the courage he could find in himself and got into the gravel road to start walking towards his aunts house. The dog began to bark. Noah was so mad at himself that he pushed himself so far that he didn't want to stop walking. He wanted to punch that dog in the nose. The Blue Healer began to run. She kept running. He kept walking. The dog started barking. Louder. Louder. LOUDER! Then Noah stopped in his tracks and began screaming at the dog so loud that he closed his eyes so that he wouldn't see her coming towards him. Even though he was 10 years old he started cursing at the dog and he started walking towards the dog again. He stopped... He then slowly opened his eyes and he watched as the dog ran back towards his aunts house with her hind end low to the ground.
