Is dog a friend or a slave?

Today, cow, duck and twin piggies came to visit my house.

While they were sitting outside, I prepared tea for them. When I brought the tea out, I heard them talking about Robert who was a dog in the next farm of twin piggies.

“What’s going on with him?” I asked.

“He was abandoned by his master yesterday,” cow said.

I was shocked to hear that, “What did he do wrong?”

“The evening before yesterday, there was a thief trying to steal a phone from his master when he was calling outside the house. His master struggled with the thief and called for his help, but he was late,” twin piggies said.

I shrank my eyes, “How long was he late?”

“About a few seconds.”

“Just a few seconds!” I unlocked my eyes. “Then he abandoned him?”

“Did the thief get the phone?” Duck asked.

“No, he didn’t. There were some neighbors coming out to help and the thief ran away,” twin piggies replied.

“Robert was late because he is old. I heard he arrived after the neighbors. The neighbors blamed him, they said he was lazy and not faithful to his master. They asked the master to abandon him and the master agreed,” cow said.

“It’s true.” Twin piggies nodded.

“Poor Robert.” I shook my head. “When he is energetic, they keep him. When he is old, they abandon him because he can’t work for them anymore.”

“Now, where is Robert?” Duck asked.

“We don’t know.” Twin piggies shook their heads.

It was a sad story; but at that time something popped into my head.

Crow doesn’t believe in human

Caw, caw.

I got out and put a rose apple on the table. As I was about to drop my body in the lounge, the crow bit the fruit in her beak and flew.

“Hey, where are you going?” I yelled.

The crow paused her wings on a branch of the tree in front of my house. “I’m going to eat it in the forest,” she told.

“Why don’t you eat it here?”

“I don’t want the noise to bother my meal.”

Hearing it, I understood what she meant.

“They don’t argue everyday,” I said.

“I don’t believe in humans. Their minds are not stable and their feelings are always up and down.”

After saying it, she put the fruit between her beak and flew towards the wood.

Unhappy night

Tonight I didn't feel very happy without a reason. 

I couldn't sleep though I forced my eyes to close. At last, I came out sitting in my lounge in the front yard.

It was dark blue and silent. However, thanks to the fireflies, they accompanied me through this lonely night.

Pig knows about human

 

Caw, caw. 

It was the second day that I had to pay a rose apple to the crow. Like the previous day, I put the fruit on the table in my front yard and while she was eating it, I laid in the lounge next to the table. 

Suddenly, a loud voice came out from the farm next to my house. 

“What’s it?” Crow asked. 

“It’s masters of duck are quarreling,” I said. 

The crow wagged her head a few times before she continued eating. Then the loud voice happened again and along with it there was a sound of BANG, causing the crow to jump.  

“What’s that?” She yelled. 

“Maybe a pot or another object that they threw from their house,” I said. 

The crow looked at me, “You aren’t surprised, are you?” 

I shook my head. 

“Why do they quarrel?” 

“Recently, I heard from my friends that their masters are meeting financial problems. Hence, I think the money is the cause of their quarrel today. It happened before. When they were having a problem, they argued with each other, then they threw things to release their anger. However, I am happy that they threw things outside, not to each other.” 

The crow shook her head, “Human life is not happy at all.” 

Then she carried on eating. BANG… 

“Hey,” she yelled with her eyebrows knotted, “I want to have a peaceful meal.” 

I chuckled, “You can’t if you stay near humans.” 

“Then I should go to eat on a tree in the forest.” 

After saying that, she put the rose apple in her beak then flew away.