“Hello, pig. Can I ask for your garlic chives?” Cow, duck and twin piggies said.
“Well, now Robert is in charge of them. Ask him,” I said.
All of them shook their head, “Then we don’t want them.”
“Why?”
“Before he was kind and friendly. Now he is mean.”
“What did all of you do to him?”
“We didn't do anything. He changes.”
“If he changes, why does he change to all of you, but not me?”
“Perhaps,” three of them whispered into my ears, “he is trying to take advantage of you.”
I laughed.
It was a lot of weeks. I didn’t think Robert could make it, but at last he made it. Though he was old, he was strong, energetic and powerful the same as when he was young.
I went out to take the vegetables to sell to the merchant. When I came back and approached home, I saw cow, duck and twin piggies were running and Robert was chasing after them.
When I reached the house, the crow told me that while I was away, the cow, the duck and the twin piggies came to visit Robert and told him that they were the one who told me to bring him. They said they were the real people who helped him. In return, Robert showed his teeth and chased them away.
“Why did he do that?” I asked.
“He knew what you asked those four guys and what they said,” the crow said.
I shrank my eyes, “How does he know? I never told him.”
“I did.”
“How did you know?”
“I spied on you.”
“Why did you spy on me? Don’t you believe in me?”
“I believe in you but I don’t trust you.”
After saying it, the crow flew away.
Robert came back from chasing. He welcomed me with his wet tongue on my face before he opened the gate for me.
The sound of the wolf frequently appeared.
Crow told me that the wolf thought I didn’t have a dog. He thought I lied to him - because he never saw that dog and no one saw it.
At night, I laid in the lounge in front of my door’s house. In my hand was a hot tea, and my eyes looked at the fireflies in the bush before my house.
At that time, I heard the sound of the wolf howling but low. Suddenly, a dog’s bark came out in a loud pitch from the dog house opposite to the house of Robert. The wolf howling was silent for a few seconds, then it appeared; and the dog’s bark vocalized after that. It happened a few times, then the wolf howling completely stopped.
“Hey,” the crow flew to perch on the branch of the tree in front of my house, “you really have the dog. It’s not Robert.”
I didn’t say a word, just smiled.
You should know that I didn’t have a dog. The voice of dog barking was from the voice of the dog in my ex-master’s farm. I recorded his barking voice and put it in the dog house and I used the remote control to display the voice to threaten the wolf away.
It was in the early morning. I went to see cow in his cage.
“Hello cow, I have something to talk about with you.”
“What is it?” Cow said.
“I heard that Robert is not dead yet. I want to bring him back.”
“It's a good idea.”
“But he is seriously sick. We have to take care of him.”
“I don’t have time. You do it.”
“I can, but at least you should help, like finding medicine etc.”
The cow thought for a few seconds then he said, “I don’t think it’s a good idea. Though we try to cure him, he might not be able to make it. It’s a waste of energy and time.”
“But if we have him, he can protect us from the wolf.”
“He is old now. Though he is cured, he might not be able to fight the wolf and he would not live longer.”
“You just help get medicine for me. If you do, I will grow garlic chives for you.”
“It does not mean I don’t want to help, but like I mentioned, it’s a waste of energy and time.”
“Okay, bye.”
I left and went to see duck. I told her like I said with the cow. She gave the same answer as the cow’s. I went to twin piggies, they said the same as the cow and the duck.
After hearing all of their comments, I returned home. Actually, I already took Robert in. He was lying next to my door.
Look at him. He was weak. His pair of eyes looked at me saying something that only my heart could hear it. I didn’t say anything to him. I just smiled, then I took equipment and materials from my warehouse and started building a house dog. Next, I took Robert to have a bath and brought him to his house.
Today, the crow came to take the rose apple late. When she arrived, I said to her, “Help get medicine for me and I will give rose apples to you for seven more days.”
“Okay,” the crow said.
Today, cow, duck and twin pigs came to my house. They wanted to check because they didn’t hear or see I, Robert and crow for many weeks. At ...
