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The Last Hug On Earth
The day started out like every other but as the hours went by it teared apart many things and brought together other ones. Somewhere in an ancient temple in the middle of Egypt a cat and a dog woke up. The dog and the cat had hated each other for centuries just as their fathers and grandfathers once did. And although this morning started out like every other with the sun rising and the birds singing, something felt odd. The city felt gloomy and the sky had started to turn red, and although none of the humans felt it, the cat and the dog, for once agreed that something was up. The dog rushed to the temple to talk to the cat because although they were not friends, they had known each other since they were born.
Dog: Hey cat
Cat: Why are you talking to me?
Dog: I feel something strange in the air today, don’t you?
Cat: Please go away, I'm meditating
Dog: Come on cat, this is important, do you feel something too?
Cat: What if I do?
Dog:Well, aren’t you worried?
Cat: We don’t know if there's something to worry about
Dog: Well...Let's find out, and if it turns out that nothing was wrong I'll leave you alone once and for all.. What do you say?
Cat: I'm not going anywhere with you
Dog: Come on, I bet that if we climb to the top of the pyramid we can get a good look of the sky and see what's happening
Cat: Fine, let's go… but only because I bet I can climb faster than you
As every time that they competed at something, the cat cheated and began running before the dog counted to three and as the two animals were climbing jumping from rock to rock, the clouds turned darker and the wind went harder. Even though the cat didn’t show it at first, she was feeling scared. When they got to the top, it was all clear. It only took the dog one look at the sky to see what was going on.
Dog: I know I'm colorblind, but I'm pretty sure this sky is not normal
Cat: Of course it's not, stupid, it's red
Dog: Are you thinking what I'm thinking
Cat: That is considering that you think….
Dog… Seriously though..
Cat: I'm sorry...yes, Having a red sky, and a big scary storm cloud approaching.. it's definitely not a good sign…
Dog: I'm scared Cat...
Cat : I'm scared too, Dog.
Dog: I'm not ready to die
Cat: Me neither…
And as they watched the world burn down with the fire rain they thought of all the time they wasted hating each other and for the first time in centuries the cat and the dog shared a hug.
