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The dog and the cat
The Dog and the Cat
A few days had gone by since the world started to end. Almost no living things had been left by, and a rare partnership had been made by two animals that used to hate each other. A dog and a cat had met and worked together for survival. They ran across the streets together searching for food, they protected each other during the nights.
Three days had passed and no food had been found by neither of them.
“I am desperate, I need something to eat.” The dog said.
“Let’s keep looking for food, soon we will find something.” The cat answered.
“I am going to eat the next thing I see, I don’t care if it's a living thing.” The dog said.
“We can not eat living things! There’s few of us left!” The cat yelled back.
Hunger had made the dog changed his mind about the end of the world. The cat did not know this, but the dog was willing to do a lot of things to satisfy his hunger. The dog was so hungry that he was starting to think about eating his partner, the cat.
A few hours passed by and the dog and the cat found something they had not seen in days. A small, little yellow bird was walking around. The innocent bird was walking all by himself. As soon as the dog saw this he jumped towards the little bird. Soon enough, the cat managed to tackle the dog and save the little bird. As soon as the dog stood up again, the little birds was already flying up in the air.
“WHAT ARE YOU DOING!” the dog yelled, ”THAT WAS OUR FOOD!”
“That’s an innocent, bird, we can not eat that,” the cat answered.
“NOW I’M GOING TO EAT YOU!” the dog yelled back.
The dog hurried behind the cat, who ran away as quickly as he heard the dog. The cat sprinted across the streets of the city away from the dog who got closer and closer every second.
“THINK ABOUT WHAT YOU ARE DOING,” the cat yelled as he ran away.
“I ALREADY DID,” the dog yelled back.
The cat heard a loud noise and looked behind him. Out of nowhere, a wolf was running towards the dog. Motionless, the cat saw how the wolf tackled the dog and attacked him. The dog got severely injured and laid under the big wolf, who hadn’t stopped hurting him. The dog saw the wolf’s mouth approaching his neck and thought this was the end for him. Suddenly, the cat jumped on top of the wolf and bit him very hard. The wolf jumped out of pain and fright and ran away without looking back.
“You saved my life,” the dog said as he laid in the ground severely injured.
“I did, but I am not going to help you anymore. I now know what you are willing to do to your friends.” The cat answered.
“I am sorry,” the dog said. “Please help me get up.”
The cat looked at the dog’s eyes for a moment. Then he turned around and slowly walked away from the dog, who laid in the ground as he saw the cat leave him behind.
The moral of the story: Do not betray those who are there to back you up.
Jorge Kuri
Mauricio Hijuelos
