{"id":69235,"date":"2024-02-28T16:21:15","date_gmt":"2024-02-28T09:21:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alternatech.net\/?p=69235"},"modified":"2024-02-28T16:21:15","modified_gmt":"2024-02-28T09:21:15","slug":"a-dogs-tale-when-things-go-wrong","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/legendstitch.com\/a-dogs-tale-when-things-go-wrong\/","title":{"rendered":"A Dog\u2019s Tale: When Things Go Wrong"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4><span style='\"font-size:' color:>Sometimes in life, things are never what they may seem.\n<p><span style='\"font-size:'>Many years ago, a friend of mine told me the following true story\u2026\n<p><span style='\"font-size:'>When he was growing up, a neighbor of his, Scott, had a big, Golden Retriever, Max, as a pet. Max would get into everything\u2026the garden, the trash cans, ground hog holes, etc. and occasionally, ransack their neighbor\u2019s things. One neighbor, Mr. Swanson, had told Scott and his family that if he ever saw Max come into their yard again, he would call the police and the pound then have Max taken away.\n<p><span style='\"font-size:'>One day Scott and his family came home after school and called for Max. To their horror and astonishment, their dog held a dead, white rabbit in its mouth. The first thing they thought was, where did Max find a white rabbit? All the rabbits that they ever saw hopping around the yard were either brown or gray but not white.\n<p><span style='\"font-size:'>Then a bone-chilling awareness dawned on them\u2026their neighbors, the Swanson\u2019s, had two children who had a white, rabbit for a pet and it lived in a cage in their back yard. Could the dog have wondered into their yard and snatched the rabbit out of its cage? The only way that they would know for certain was to find out for themselves.\n<p><span style='\"font-size:'>Lucky for them, the Swanson\u2019s weren\u2019t home, so Scott warily walked into the yard and looked upon the cage. To his chagrin, he found the small door to the rabbit cage wide open and there wasn\u2019t a rabbit to be found.\n<p><span style='\"font-size:'>Heart pounding and racing back home, Scott told his parents that the rabbit\u2019s cage was empty and he was certain that Max had taken the little critter out of its pen, killed it, and brought it home to show the family as they arrived.\n<p><span style='\"font-size:'>Scott and his parents were not only upset but scared. Max had once again gone into their neighbor\u2019s yard but this time he went over the line\u2026he had killed their pet. Mr. Swanson would have Max taken away. What were they going to do? They had to think of something quick\u2026the Swanson\u2019s would be home within the hour.\n<p><span style='\"font-size:'>Suddenly, Scott\u2019s dad had an inspiration. They would drive down to the local pet store and try to find a white rabbit that they could purchase. Imagine how excited they were when there was a white rabbit for sale!\n<p><span style='\"font-size:'>As fast as they could, they drove back to Scott\u2019s house and handed the rabbit to Scott. Scott ran back into the Swanson\u2019s yard, put the bunny back into the cage, closed the door and left.\n<p><span style='\"font-size:'>Scott and his family were very, very excited. The Swanson\u2019s \u201cpet\u201d was back home where it belonged, Max was safe and nobody would know that anything had happened, Now, all they had to do was wait and see if the Swanson\u2019s would notice.\n<p><span style='\"font-size:'>Twenty minutes later, they saw the Swanson car pull into the driveway and watched as the family went into the house. After waiting, for seemed to be an eternity, a blood-curdling scream emanated from the Swanson\u2019s backyard. Scott, along with his family, ran into the Swanson\u2019s yard to see what had happened.\n<p><span style='\"font-size:'>There, they found Mrs. Swanson, looking white as a ghost, shaking from head to toe. Mr. Swanson came dashing out of their house followed by their two kids. Scott\u2019s father asked, what\u2019s the matter? What\u2019s wrong? Mrs. Swanson just stood their shaking her head in shock and disbelief.\n<p><span style='\"font-size:'>After a minute or so, she calmed down and said in a slow, quiet voice, \u201cI just don\u2019t understand it. The most amazing thing has happened. You see, Snowball, our pet rabbit died last night. I took it out of its cage and buried it in our garden. When I came home to pick some tomatoes and onions for dinner, I saw that the spot where I had buried Snowball was empty\u2026and he was back in its cage!!!\u201d\n<p><span style='\"font-size:'>Scott and his parents stood there in utter amazement. Max hadn\u2019t killed the Swanson\u2019s rabbit at all\u2026it was dead and he had dug it up!!\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sometimes in life, things are never what they may seem. Many years ago, a friend of mine told me the following true story\u2026 When he was growing up, a neighbor of his, Scott, had a big, Golden Retriever, Max, as a pet. 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