The Lady Dog

Cuento participante en la Categoría Idiomas

Por Juan Vasquez

In a hidden place of the world there was a dog that didn’t belong. This dog was a lonely one because it couldn´t help to bite people every time that was willing to interact with them, and so people were afraid of it. The dog didn´t bite because it was a bad dog, but because it was its own very nature. The dog was always trying to find a way to interact with people and to be accepted and to be loved, and to accept and to love. Certain day, the dog crossed its way with the witch of the roads, a witch who can grant any wish if you desire it with determination. Taking the chance, the dog approached the witch and wished for a change to be able to interact with others. Then, the witch used an ancient spell transforming the dog into a beautiful lady; so beautiful that, when anyone would see her, they wouldn´t be able to refrain from a reaction that reminds of a bark: ¨Wow wow wow!” In that way, thought the witch, the dog would be accepted and loved, and would be able to accept and to love.

With her new form and beauty, the lady dog was approached by many. Still, the lady dog found that it was difficult for her to feel accepted and loved. Ironically, her beauty was scaring others. The lady dog learned then that people can experience other feelings related with fear; like envy, shyness and even anger. Despite of that, some few brave people dared, inspired by her beauty and the mystery in her animal-like behavior, to get close to her. Little by little, she learned to accept and to love, and in some occasions she felt loved and accepted, and those were experiences that she would treasure forever, giving her strength to bear with all the deep suffering of beauty. The nature of the lady dog never changed. She continued biting all the people she cared about. Because of that, some people will claim she is crazy and other people will not stand her for long. People just can´t understand the magnificence of such miracle as a Lady dog! This fact kept the sensation of not belonging inside the lady dog and thanks to that she developed a fixation for traveling, going from one place to another, meeting different people, playing and struggling with the difficult dynamics of loving and accepting, the comes and goes… studying the wind. 

Due to her constant traveling, people has lost track of her. Some say that she became a dog again, others say that she met a pack of people-dog and stayed with them, but as far as this writer knows, she can still be seen around, camouflaged among people, and just few lucky of them get to know her real nature. If you pay attention you would be able to identify her; is the lady who, when she passes by, makes people bark.