There will come Soft Rains: A dog's Life

A dog's Life

May 20th, 2025

    Today I woke up surrounded by three puppies. They were whimpering and crawling all over the place. I was about to ask what was going on, when this huge dog appeared out of nowhere. I started growling at her, but she simply ignored me as she walked right past me and laid down on her side. All of the other puppies suddenly became silent as they stared at the big dog. Out of nowhere the puppies started crawling towards the big dog and climbing over each other to bite her. I thought it was a game, so I joined in. The next thing I knew I was drinking this delicious white liquid that came out of the big dog. 

I was happy.

July 31st, 2025

    Today I was woken up by the puppy with black dots and white fluffy fur. He was biting my ear and it tickled. He always chose to play with me because the other puppies where a bit rough. I prepared myself to bite him back when suddenly the tall lady came inside the room. We all liked the tall lady. She was kind and fun to play with, and she would give us these yummy treats. But today was different, today the tall lady was accompanied by this tall man. Just like the tall lady he had no fur besides that black tuft on the top of their heads. He eyed us curiously, and even lifted some of us up. When my turn came, I got so excited I couldn't hold in the yellow liquid, and sprayed it all over his shirt. Then he started playing a game in which he was frantically moving me around and trying to pass me to the tall lady. It was a fun game. After a couple of minutes passed, he picked up the puppy with the black dots and white fluffy fur and left the room with the tall lady. I waited for them to come back for a long time, but only the tall lady came back with the yummy food. 

I was sad.

August 3rd, 2025

    Today I slept in until I was woken up by the noise the tall lady did whenever she was about to come inside the room. These past few days she had brought strange people to the room, and every day they would take another puppy with them. Now it was just the big dog and I. When the tall lady opened the door, this little boy came running inside, followed by a little girl. I got scared, and ran towards the big dog, but before I could hide, I felt tiny hands grabbing my belly and touching my head. I won’t lie, it felt good. After they finished touching me, another tall man came into the room and lifted me way high into the air and was looking at me curiously. Before I knew it, he was carrying me out of the room. I wasn’t supposed to go outside the room, but for some reason this man was taking me with him. Then it came to me, the tall man was taking me to see the other puppies. That was it! There was no other possible explanation. 

I was happy again.

August 4th, 2025

Today I woke up inside a dark room. The floor was rumbling and I could hear voices all around me. Anyone would be confused as to what this dark room was. But I wasn’t, I knew exactly where I was. I was inside the belly of one of those little furry things that run around and hide on trees. What were they called? Oh yeah, I was inside the belly of a squirrel. What I don’t understand is how I got here. The last thing I remember was being carried by the tall man into this big box on wheels outside the room, and inside that wheeled box I was put inside a smaller box, a brown one this time. How is that possible? To find a box inside another box, how curious.

 My thoughts where abruptly stopped as so did the rumbling on the ground. Did something happen to the squirrel? It matters not, for I was saved! The roof was broken, followed by the little boy who peeked inside and lifted me out of the squirrel’s belly. I was now safe again. I licked his face to show him my gratitude for saving my life as he carried me towards this big white house. The little boy carried me all over the house. This was a weird game.  When we reached the last room I was scared by a voice that yelled “Four thirty”. At the cry of this mysterious voice the room lit up and animal shapes appeared on the walls, metal roaches and crickets started scurrying through the floor, and I could swear there was a swarm of buzzing monsters somewhere in the room. The little boy held me up and carried me around the room, presenting me to everything in it, but I did not like this new room.