Hope for a New Day

Hi, I’m Brodie. I like to play and jump and go for walks but, my owner didn’t want to and every time I asked, he got mad and yelled and hit me. Shhhhh, he doesn’t like it when it’s loud, so I have to be quiet.

Brodie’s owner came into the room and started to yell and freak out on Brodie. “Why you gotta be so loud you dumb dog? I swear I should put you down. You’re worthless you mutt!” he yelled to Brodie. He put Brodie outside in the cold and left him out there all night.

I thought to myself, “I can’t stay here anymore. He is so mean I never get to sleep inside and he hits and yells at me all the time. I must break free.”

SNAP, the lead broke and Brodie started to run away from the house. He ran toward the woods at the end of the road.

“I’m so tired. I need to rest. I’ll just sleep here for tonight.” Brodie fell asleep in the woods. There was another animal sleeping there that Brodie didn’t know about. Brodie awoke to a wild fox fighting and biting him.

“HEY why would you bite me? That was rude and I don’t like it,” I said.

“Because you are in my bed and in my home. Why are you here anyways?” the wild fox snarled.

“Because I ran away from my home and I got tired and this looked like a good spot to sleep, but I’ll go if you want. I’ll find somewhere to go,” I said.

“No, stay for tonight. I understand where you’re coming from. I ran away from home too,” said the fox. 

“Oh okay, thank you!” I said.

“It’s no problem. I’ve been in the same place as you,” the fox said.

Brodie fell asleep again and the fox cuddled up with Brodie and fell asleep too. The fox woke up and went to go get some food while Brodie was still sleeping. Brodie heard a person walking towards him and he got scared and he didn’t know what to do so he just laid there hoping no one would see him, but with his luck the person had seen him. 

He took him to the animal shelter. Brodie was mad because he thought that the fox left him there just so that would happen to him. “I can’t believe he would do that to me! I thought we were friends,” Brodie said to himself.

Then another man came to the back of the truck and he had the wild fox with him. The man put the fox in a crate, and he put him in the back with Brodie. Brodie was so confused and couldn’t figure out what was going on.

“Brodie, don’t be scared. I’ll get us out of here. Just be calm,” the fox said.

“I’m not scared and it’s you that needs to calm down. You’re not going to be able to get us out of here,” Brodie said calmly.

The fox felt hurt from what Brodie said to him and they didn’t talk the rest of the ride to the shelter.  Brodie felt alone again. He also felt hurt and sad. When they arrived at the shelter the fox said he was sorry.

“Brodie I’m sorry,” the fox said.

“It’s okay, Fox. Do you even know where we are going or what’s going on?” Brodie asked. 

“You don’t know where we are going or what’s going on?” Fox asked.

“No, I don’t, so can you please tell me?!” Brodie yelled.

“Well, we are going to the animal shelter. We are going to live there until someone wants to take us home but no one wants a fox so this will be my home for life, but you’ll get a home right away. Everyone wants a puppy,” the fox said sadly.

“Don’t think that way. Have hope! You’ll find a home. I bet you’ll find one before I do,” Brodie said.

The man walked to the back of the truck and grabbed the fox and Brodie from the back and he took them inside the shelter. The people in the shelter gave Brodie a bath and they also took him to the vet.

Two weeks later he found out that the fox got taken to a new home and Brodie was so happy for him. Brodie was finally ready to find his new home and by the next week Brodie found a person he really liked. That same day he was taken to his new home. He was so happy.

“Oh wow! This is great. I can’t believe this is my new home. I get to sleep inside. Like, wow! She is great!” Brodie said when he got to her house.