Just think about it. How much you have to love to call for help when you are still a baby yourself…
This puppy ran for a long time along the outskirts of the village, not trusting anyone, but not losing hope. People chased him away, laughed at how he whined, pulling the pant leg of every passerby. But one boy stopped. He did not push the puppy away. He sat down next to him, stroked his trembling fur, looked into his eyes and realized — the puppy was calling him. The puppy was not just asking for food. He was calling to where it was truly scary.
They walked through the thickets, past dry branches that whipped their legs. The puppy ran forward, turned around and whined, as if saying: «Faster! She’s waiting!»
They came to a swamp — dark stagnant water in which outlines were barely discernible. In the deepest shadow, the boy saw… her. A snow-white, dirty from mud, barely alive dog. Her muzzle was tightly tied with a rope, her paws were tied so that she could not crawl out. Someone dragged her here, tied her up and left her to die in the water.
But not everything went according to their plan. She had a son. A small puppy who did not let her die alone.
When the boy saw the dog in the water, at first he did not even believe that she was alive. Her eyes were half open, but there was no life in them. She did not move, did not respond to the voice. Only by the slight trembling of the water and a barely noticeable sigh did he understand that she was still here.
The puppy rushed along the shore, whined, jumped into the water and tried to swim to his mother, but was too small and weak. The boy, without thinking, threw himself into the water. The mud pulled in his legs, rotten leaves stuck to his skin, the water was icy. But he reached the dog and carefully tore the rope from its muzzle. There were wounds underneath, blood that had already dried. The paws were tightly tied, and to free them, the boy had to use the keys from his pocket to untangle the wet rope.
She didn’t resist. She didn’t believe it. The boy pulled her out onto the shore, the dog was just lying on its side, breathing heavily. The puppy rushed to her and licked her muzzle, and for the first time she moved — very weakly, but her head jerked, as if she wanted to make sure that he was alive.
The boy realized: there was almost no time. He picked up the puppy in his arms, then tried to lift the adult dog. She was heavy, wet, exhausted. He called for help. Fortunately, a man on a bicycle was passing by, who heard the screams. Together they carried the dog to the boy’s house.
His mother was surprised at first, then horrified. A lump of pain and fear appeared in the house, wounded, exhausted. But the woman immediately took out a first aid kit, a blanket and a cup of water.
“She’s mom,” the boy whispered. “She fought… and he saved her.”
The dog was taken to the veterinary clinic. The doctors were shocked: severe exhaustion, numerous ulcers from the ropes, infection. The doctor honestly said:
“If you had been an hour late, she wouldn’t have survived.”
She survived. The puppy didn’t leave her cage, slept by the door, didn’t eat until she was fed. When she opened her eyes after the first injection, he began to cry — for real, thinly, pitifully, as if all this horror had finally found an outlet.
A few weeks passed. The dog recovered. The puppy grew up. They were named Leia and Mickey. Leia still doesn’t trust people, but she trusts that same boy. He comes, sits down next to her, and she puts her head on his lap.
Mickey no longer whines with fear. He plays with the ball, runs around the yard, but does not let go of his mother for a single step. He is the one who saved. A little heart that refused to accept death as the norm.
And you know what is the scariest thing? This dog was tied up and thrown into the water by a man. A man who had hands. Who looked into her eyes and did it. She was silent. She did not resist. And he just left. But he did not know one thing — she had a son.
A son who proved: love knows no age. Devotion does not require words.
And miracles happen where there are kind hearts.➕
