"Human, I see
that you are crying because it was my time to leave. Do not cry please, I want
to explain some things to you.
You're sad because
I've left, and I'm happy because I met you. How many like me die every day
without having met someone special? Animals sometimes spend so much time alone
to our fate! We only know the cold, the thirst, the danger, the hunger. We have
to worry about how we will get something to eat and where we will spend the
night sheltered. We see many faces every day that pass without looking at us,
and sometimes it is better that they do not look at us before they realize that
we are there and mistreat us.
Sometimes we have
the great luck that among so many people an angel passes by and picks us up.
Sometimes angels come in groups and are organized, sometimes there are other
angels away who send help to us. And there everything changes. If necessary,
they take us with other types of angels who know a lot and give us remedies so
that we can be cured.
They choose a
strange word that they say it every time they see us, "name" I think
they say and there we feel special, we stop being anonymous, of being one of
many. And we know what a house is! Do you have any idea how important that is
for us? We no longer have to be afraid anymore, no more hunger or cold or pain
or danger. If you could tell how happy that puts us. For us, any house is a
palace! We no longer worry if it's going to rain, if a very light car passes by
or if someone will hurt us. And mainly we are not alone anymore because no
animal likes solitude, what else can you ask for?
I know that my
departure saddens me but I had to leave now.
I want to ask you
not to blame yourself for anything, I heard you sob that you should have done
something else for me. Do not say that, you did a lot for me! Without you I
would not have known all the nice things that I have with me today. You must
know that we animals live the present intensely and that we are very wise: we
enjoy every little thing of every day and we forget the bad things of the past
quickly.
Our lives begin
when we know love, the same love that you have given me, my angel without wings
and two legs. You should know that even when you find an animal that is very
serious and that only has little time left in this world, you lend an enormous
service to accompany him in his final transition. As I said before, none of us
like to be alone and less when we realize that we are about to leave. Maybe for
you it is not important, but that one of you is next to us caressing us and
holding our little leg helps us to leave in peace.
Do not cry
anymore. I'm leaving happy. I carry the memory of the name you gave me, of the
warmth of your home that during this time became my own. I take the sound of
your voice talking to me even if I did not always understand what you were
saying. I carry in my heart every caress you gave me. Everything you did for me
was very valuable and I thank you infinitely, I do not know how to tell you why
I do not speak your language but surely in my eyes you have seen my gratitude.
I'm going to ask
you for just two favors. Wash your face and start smiling. Remember how nice we
have lived together in this time, remember the pranks I did to make you happy.
Relive as I do all the good things of this timeshare. And do not say that you
will no longer adopt another animal because you have suffered so much with my
departure. Without you I would not have lived the beautiful thing that I lived.
Please do not do
that! There are as many as I waiting for someone like you. Give them what you
have given me please, they need it just as I needed it. Do not keep the love
you have to give for fear of suffering. Follow my advice and treasure the good
you share with each one of us recognizing that you are an angel for us animals
and that without people like you our lives would be more difficult than they
sometimes are. Continue with your noble task that now it's my turn to be your
angel. I will be accompanying you on your way and helping you to help others
like me. I will talk to other animals that are here with me, I will tell you
everything you have done for me and I will point out and proudly say "that
is my family". My first task now is to help you from here to not be
sadder. Tonight when you look at the sky and see a blinking star I want you to
know that I am winking at you, warning you that I arrived well and saying thank
you for the love you have given me. I say goodbye for now not saying
"goodbye" but until then. There is a special heaven for people like
you, the same heaven where we are going and life rewards us by finding
ourselves there again.
I will be waiting!”
(Author unknown)
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