Unjust Punishment

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Title: Unjust Punishment

The majestic ball of fire made its dramatic entrance. Although it was dark in the woods, my much-revered master had set out to fell trees and hunt animals.

Meanwhile, I was guarding my master’s two year old daughter who was sleeping in her baby cot. I watched her sleep with immense delight as she had brought joy in my life by causing  her father to get me, an abandoned dog, adopted. She also had swept away all the darkness in my life by treating me well.

Just then a snake was slithering by outside my house, eyeing the cot. I knew somethimg was amiss and I could read the snake’s vile intentions, which was to strike the little girl! Soon I began to vent my rage on it. Thinking the snake would flee, I barked even more ferociously, seething with rage. But, instead, it hissed menacingly as it slithered towards the little girl, ignoring me. Without wavering, I pounced on it before it could sink its venomous fangs into my master’s daughter. Flying into rage, I bit its neck with my sharp canines. Blood oozed out from its body and soon the snake lay in a pool of blood.

With satisfaction of saving my master’s daughter blanketing over me, I went back to stand in front of the house, to be on the lookout. In a few minutes, my master arrived. With a smile plastered on my face, I greeted him as per usual. Instead of my master greeting me back with a smile, a medley of reactions was followed. Upon seeing the streaks of blood around my mouth, my master jumped to the conclusion that I had killed his daughter.

He turned into a raging bull and started to rant and rave that I was a beast with no gratitude and that he should not have adopted me. These acerbic and vitriolic words pierced through my heart like an arrow. Seething with rage, he kicked me hard and I landed in a pool of mud with a thud.He did not leave me with that. It was then followed by a rain of blows and kicks. Venting his frustration and grief on me, he threw a large ceramic pot at me. He punched me on my right eye. I could not withstand the punishment which I totally did not deserve. My master did not understand that I had
saved his daughter and that I was loyal to him. This feeling hurt me more, adding to the unjust punishment. Soon crimson blood oozed out of my body and I started to wince in pain. However my master did not show any pity on me.

Just then cries of my master’s daughter rang in the air. Shocked, my master rushed to his daughter, who was in her room, crying out of hunger. It was then that my master saw the snake which was found dead near the cot. Then, he understood the entire situation. He felt guilty for his cruel actions and for how unjustly he had punished me. He quickly rushed to me and carried me out of the pool of mud with his eyes filled with guilt and remorse. He apologized to me. Although he did not say it, I could understand it through his eyes and through the way he treated my wounds and bruises with some natural herbs. In a gesture of forgiveness, I pushed my paws around his waist, pulling him into a warm embrace after he finished treating me. And from that day onwards, my master never doubted me again. Also, he understood the true meaning behind the saying which goes ‘Dogs are man’s best friends’. That day etched in my mind too as the bond between my master and I had strengthened.

- By - Ishvaryaa