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@mjsdls (1840)
United States
June 23, 2007 10:39am CST
all my friends on mylot. I received this in an email. It blessed me and I hope it does you. A farmer had some puppies he needed to sell. He painted a sign advertising the 4 pups. And set about nailing it to a post on the edge of his yard. As he was driving the last nail into the post, he felt a tug on his overalls. He looked down into the eyes of little boy. "Mister," he said, "I want to buy one of your puppies." "Well," said the farmer, as he rubbed the sweat off the back of his neck,"These puppies come from fine parents and cost a good deal of money. "The boy dropped his head for a moment. Then reaching deep into his pocket, he pulled out a handful of change and held it up to the farmer. "I've got thirty-nine cents. Is that enough to take a look?" "Sure," said the farmer. And with that he let out a whistle. "Here, Dolly!" he called. Out from the doghouse and down the ramp ran Dolly, followed by four little balls of fur. The little boy pressed his face against the chain link fence. His eyes danced with delight. As the dogs made their way to the fence, the little boy noticed something else stirring inside the doghouse Slowly another little ball appeared, this one noticeably smaller. Down the ramp it slid. Then in a somewhat awkward manner, the little pup began hobbling toward the others, doing its best to catch up. "I want that one," the little boy said, pointing to the runt. The farmer knelt down at the boy's side and said, "Son, you don't want that puppy. He will never be able to run and play with you like these other dogs would." With that the little boy stepped back from the fence, reached down, and began rolling up one leg of his trousers. In doing so, he revealed a steel brace running down both sides of his leg, attaching itself to a specially made shoe. Looking back up at the farmer, he said, "You see sir, I don't run too well myself, and he will need someone who understands." With tears in his eyes, the farmer reached down and picked up the little pup. Holding it carefully, handed it to the little boy. "How much?" asked the little boy. "No charge," answered the farmer"There's no charge for love."
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• India
27 Jun 07
you made my emotions come out of my eyes.
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@priti45 (372)
• India
27 Jun 07
Oh that was just beautiful. I really loved the story. Its was a bit sad but very sweet. Thanks for sharing this with us.
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@Shaun72 (15959)
• Palatka, Florida
23 Jun 07
This is a great story. I have read it before but it's worth reading over again.
23 Jun 07
That's pretty nice, thanks for sharing it! If you haven't guessed you'll see me around more, I have no clue what happened with your discussions but recently I've been actually getting them :) Thanks! ~Joey
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@byfaithonly (10698)
• United States
24 Jun 07
Oh wow - got me crying on this one, such a beautiful message here, not just the 'no charge for love' but there are even pets for special people - what a perfect match.
@us2owls (1681)
• United States
23 Jun 07
What a beautiful story - it made me want to cry. Sadly there are many stories like this in the world but very few of them have someone like that farmer in them and they don't have happy endings.
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@mansha (6298)
• India
29 Jun 07
Nice story, it brought tears to my eyes too. It just made me think when all is lost perhaps all is not yet lost.Someone somewhere had meant them for eachother.
@Dan_ul (858)
• Romania
23 Jun 07
nice story:)... I like it very much... trough it was sad and emotional... I'm glad I had the chance to read it... thank you:)
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