This story was done many years ago either on The Twilight Zone or The
Outer Limits. Totally weepy and the old guy with the dog did a great
job. Watch for it.
We lost our cat of 18+ years last week and it has been very tough on
all in the family. Our girls who are now near the end of college knew
her ever since they could remember.
On Sat, 27 Dec 2003 12:25:43 -0500, "Tony Mo"
wrote:
Glen, my condolences. After reading your story, I gave my lab, Stormy, a
tummy rub and a milkbone.
Tony
P.S. I thought the following may be appropriate:
The Final Walk
A man and his dog were walking along a road. The man was enjoying the
scenery, when it suddenly occurred to him that he was dead. He remembered
dying, and that the dog had been dead for years. He wondered where the road
was leading them.
After a while, they came to a high, white stone wall along one side of the
road. It looked like fine marble. At the top of a long hill, it was broken
by a tall arch that glowed in the sunlight. When he was standing before it,
he saw a magnificent gate in the arch that looked like mother of pearl, and
the street that led to the gate looked like pure gold.
He and the dog walked toward the gate, and as he got closer, he saw a man at
a desk to one side. When he was close enough, he called out, "Excuse me,
where are we?" "This is Heaven, sir," the man answered.
"Wow! Would you happen to have some water?" the man asked. "Of course, sir.
Come right in, and I'll have some ice water brought right up." The man
gestured, and the gate began to open. "Can my friend," gesturing toward his
dog, "come in, too?" the traveler asked. "I'm sorry, sir, but we don't
accept dogs."
The man thought a moment and then turned back toward the road and continued
the way he had been going.
After another long walk, and at the top of another long hill, he came to a
dirt road which led through a farm gate that looked as if it had never been
closed. There was no fence. As he approached the gate, he saw a man inside,
leaning against a tree and reading a book.
"Excuse me!" he called to the reader. "Do you have any water?" "Yeah, sure,
there's a pump over there". The man pointed to a place that couldn't be seen
from outside the gate. "Come on in." "How about my friend here?" the
traveler gestured to the dog. "There should be a bowl by the pump."
They went through the gate, and sure enough, there was an old fashioned hand
pump with a bowl beside it. The traveler filled the bowl and took a long
drink himself, then he gave some to the dog. When they were full, he and the
dog walked back toward the man who was standing by the tree waiting for
them.
"What do you call this place?" the traveler asked. "This is Heaven," was the
answer.
"Well, that's confusing," the traveler said. "The man down the road said
that was Heaven, too."
"Oh, you mean the place with the gold street and pearly gates? Nope. That's
Hell."
"Doesn't it make you mad for them to use your name like that?"
"No. I can see how you might think so, but we're just happy that they screen
out the folks who'll leave their best friends behind."
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DL
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First of all, Cedeņo is not my buddy.
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