The Dogs of Christmas
“The bottom of the box was deep in shadow, its contents barely visible. Could he be mistaken?
Josh reached inside and gingerly touched one of the furry little lumps. It was cold under his fingers. He sucked in his breath. This was just too much, too much to bear that someone would dump a litter of tiny puppies in a box in this weather, leave them to freeze to death in Josh’s truck. How could this happen? Who would do such a thing?
Why me?
Would it distress Lucy to smell the dead newborns? Josh l...ooked over to where Lucy was lying, but she was back to sleeping soundly. Josh touched the back of another puppy and it was equally cold, equally still. Just great.
And then, under his hand, Josh felt something impossible: the puppy stirred, moving slightly.
It was alive.
Josh went from self-pity to alarm in just a second. “Oh my God!” he cried. He picked up the puppy. Yes, it was alive, but so, so cold. What the barely moving creature needed was heat, but the house was still an icebox. Maybe some of the others were still living, too—he had to warm them up, he had to save the puppies!MoreLess
Josh reached inside and gingerly touched one of the furry little lumps. It was cold under his fingers. He sucked in his breath. This was just too much, too much to bear that someone would dump a litter of tiny puppies in a box in this weather, leave them to freeze to death in Josh’s truck. How could this happen? Who would do such a thing?
Why me?
Would it distress Lucy to smell the dead newborns? Josh l...ooked over to where Lucy was lying, but she was back to sleeping soundly. Josh touched the back of another puppy and it was equally cold, equally still. Just great.
And then, under his hand, Josh felt something impossible: the puppy stirred, moving slightly.
It was alive.
Josh went from self-pity to alarm in just a second. “Oh my God!” he cried. He picked up the puppy. Yes, it was alive, but so, so cold. What the barely moving creature needed was heat, but the house was still an icebox. Maybe some of the others were still living, too—he had to warm them up, he had to save the puppies!MoreLess
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