A Man and His Dog

By CommodoreQueen - Thu, 08/28/2008 - 9:37pm

Author Unknown-
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 his faithful dog had been dead for many 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. As he reached the wall, he saw a magnificent gate in the arch, and the street that led to the gate made from 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? We have traveled far," the man said.
"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 pets."
The man thought a moment, remembering all the years this dog remained loyal to him and then turned back toward the road and continued the way he had been going. After another long walk he came to a plain 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? We have traveled far."
"Yes, sure, there's a faucet over there." The man pointed to a place that couldn't be seen from outside the gate. "Come on in and help yourself."
"How about my friend here?" the traveler gestured to his dog.
"There should be a bowl by the faucet; he is welcome to share."
They went through the gate, and sure enough, there was an old-fashioned faucet 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. We're just happy that they screen out the folks who'd leave their best friends behind in exchange for material things."

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Submitted by TruthHurts on Thu, 08/28/2008 - 9:43pm.

Very sweet story thank you for sharing

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Great job retelling the story

Submitted by JDW08 on Thu, 08/28/2008 - 10:45pm.

I have always like that story. As a small child a Sunday School teacher said my dog could not go to heaven and I instisted that she just had to be wrong!

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Speaking of dogs, sort of...

Submitted by lilyslore on Sat, 08/30/2008 - 10:52am.

I have 3 large dogs, and was buying a couple of large bags of Purina at Wal-Mart and was in line to check out. The woman behind me asked if I had a dog. Duh!
On impulse, I told her no, and that I was starting The Purina Diet again. Although I probably shouldn't because I'd ended up in the hospital the last time! But I'd lost 50 pounds before I awakened in intensive care but obviously I recovered. I told her that it was essentially a perfect diet and the way it works is to load your pockets with Purina nuggets and simply eat one or two every time you feel hungry. The food is nutritionally complete so I was going to try it again.I have to mention here that practically everyone in line was now enthralled with my story, particularly a tall guy who was standing behind her.Horrified, she asked if I ended up in intensive care because the dog food poisoned me. I told her no, I'd been sitting in the street licking my butt and a car hit me.I thought the guy standing behind her was going to need help as he staggered to the door laughing.
Life is short. Break the rules, forgive quickly and never regret anything that made you smile!!!!

Anonymous

Lily's Lore "I don't ever want to be rescued And I don't ever want to be saved I got a feelin' that I'm gonna be alive forever Dancin' on the edge of a grave..." Jim Steinman

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Great one Lilyslore!

Submitted by CommodoreQueen on Sat, 08/30/2008 - 11:41am.

Now that was a great surprise ending!! Thanks for the laugh..

CommodoreQueen

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Lily

Submitted by Maggie on Sat, 08/30/2008 - 12:28pm.

I am absolutely stealing this line for my signature:

Life is short. Break the rules, forgive quickly and never regret anything that made you smile!!!!

Anonymous

Please let me know if you don't want me to, but I adore it !!!

Maggie

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Maggie

Submitted by lilyslore on Sat, 08/30/2008 - 2:43pm.

Feel free. I think nearly anything can be used as a tag line and since this case is anonymous, I doubt the original writer would object. I use other writer's words myself, although primarily Jim Steinman who is the best lyricist I've ever heard, but that's just me.

Lily's Lore "I don't ever want to be rescued And I don't ever want to be saved I got a feelin' that I'm gonna be alive forever Dancin' on the edge of a grave..." Jim Steinman

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Life is short

Submitted by kilroy on Sun, 08/31/2008 - 11:12am.

Hilarious!!

I laughed so hard, my dog actually got up to see what was going on!

Tip to Lil: Most of Purina's foods are a corn base. Corn is a filler, yes there is protein in corn, but most of it is not digested (end result huge piles of doo doo). Check the ingredients list. Ingredients on dog and cat food labels are listed in order of occurrence. Never mind the "brand" name, check the ingredients Chicken, Lamb or Beef should be listed as the first 3 ingredients. If not you are wasting money on fillers. Also check the amount to feed (cups per pounds of animal weight). You will notice that food that lists Chicken, Lamb or Beef as the first 3 main ingredients (chicken meal, chicken bone meal, etc..) will require a lessor amount of food per pound of body weight. Just a helpful tip

Maggie, be careful, if you write it enough times you may start to live by the rule. Trust me, it pee's off most people, but I enjoy every minute of it.