Tuesday, September 30, 2008

No Charge For Love

Some more Inspiration from my inbox!!

Puppies for sale.
This is a heartwarming story ... is it true? I have no idea. Is it inspirational ABSOLUTELY!

A farmer had some puppies he needed to sell. He painted a sign advertising the 4 pups. And set about nailing it to a post on the edge of his yard. As he was driving the last nail into the post, he felt a tug on his overalls. He looked down into the eyes of little boy.

"Mister," he said, "I want to buy one of your puppies."


"Well," said the farmer, as he rubbed the sweat off the back of his neck, "These puppies come from fine parents and cost a good deal of money."


The boy dropped his head for a moment. Then reaching deep into his pocket, he pulled out a handful of change
and held it up to the farmer. "I've got thirty-nine cents. Is that enough to take a look?"

"Sure," said the farmer. And with that he let out a whistle. "Here, Dolly!" he called. Out from the doghouse and down the ramp ran Dolly followed by four little balls of fur.

The little boy pressed his face against the chain link fence. His eyes danced with delight.


As the dogs made their way to the fence, the little boy noticed something else stirring inside the doghouse.
Slowly another little ball appeared, this one noticeably smaller. Down the ramp it slid.

Then in a somewhat awkward manner, the little pup began hobbling toward the others, doing its best to catch up ...
"I want that one," the little boy said, pointing to the runt.

The farmer knelt down at the boy's side and said, "Son, you don't want that puppy. He'll never be able to run and play with you like these other dogs would."


With that the little boy stepped back from the fence, reached down, and began rolling up one leg of his trousers. In doing so he revealed a steel brace running down both sides of his leg attaching itself to a specially made shoe.


Looking back up at the farmer, he said, "You see sir, I don't run too well myself, and he will need someone who understands."


With tears in his eyes, farmer reached down and picked up the little pup. Holding it carefully he handed it to the little boy.


"How much?" asked the little boy.


"No charge," answered the farmer,"There's no charge for love. "

The world is full of people who need someone who understands.


Love life and live it creatively,

Leanne

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2 comments:

pockadola said...

Hi Leanne,

I like it Leanne ;-)
Your stories are very uplifting, inspirational and especially empathetic. The empathetic part gets me Leanne. With stories like this, you'll be able to really touch people . . . and hopefully everyone. I'll remember this one so I tell others . . . I've been telling others about the story about the Brick, but forgot some crucial parts like whether the brick could have killed someone or not; my focus was on the car . . . and then the theme of the story became a little debating session; it became intellectual rather than empathetic. Talk soon!

Keeyong, Melbourne, Vic

Leanne Watson said...

I'm very lucky Keeyong, I know so many people who are committed to making a difference in many different ways ... they send me wonderful stories which I'm then able to share.

Love life and live it creatively,
Leanne