Today was another beautiful day. I lay in my warm and comfortable nest, squinting my eyes as I enjoyed the rare sunshine.
Rice nudged me with its nose, asking me why I ate so little for breakfast and if I was feeling unwell.
I replied, 'I'm always like this at this age.'
As I basked in the sunlight, I felt drowsy, as though I was recalling the past.
"Aiya, this puppy is really good-looking." A clear voice suddenly resounded in my ear.
"Since you like it, let's buy this one," a man's voice followed.
Thus, I was brought to an unfamiliar place in the cage that I had been in ever since I was born.
It was a brighter and more spacious place. There, I had a new cage that was separate and didn't have any other companions to share it with.
"Looking at your color and curly hair, you're obviously a poodle. Let's call you Guai Guai. In any case, you look quite obedient." A clear voice squatted at the entrance of the cage and tried to pour some food into a bowl.
I didn't think that the two-legged beast had any ill intentions, but I was very afraid in a new environment. I shivered in the corner and didn't want to move at all.
"From now on, we are your parents. Guai Guai is your name. You must remember not to bite your own people. Do you understand?" The female two-legged beast's voice was very gentle.
The apprehension in my heart lessened a little. After a while, I ate some fragrant food while the two-legged beasts weren't paying attention. I felt that giving good food to a two-legged beast might be a good thing.
From then on, the name Guai Guai followed me. In my new home, I had a pretty good life. Sometimes, my mother would even bring me out for a walk. That was when I was the happiest.
When I walked, there were many two-legged beasts and their own kind outside. There were many beautiful female dogs. It was really blissful. Thus, I would run around happily every time I went out.
However, I was probably too complacent. In the third year after I came to my new home, I started to feel an inexplicable itch on my body. Then, blisters started to appear all over my body. It was really uncomfortable.
When my parents finally realized that something was wrong and sent me to the hospital, they found out that I was really sick. Then, they started to treat me.
I frequently showered, applied medicine, and took medicine. However, the good times didn't last long. After showering two or three times, my appearance suddenly changed.
"This can't be considered a teddy. It seems to be a hybrid. It doesn't have much of a teddy's bloodline. If it isn't sheared for a long time, it wouldn't have curly fur." I heard what the two-legged beast said, but I didn't really understand.
"I spent quite a lot of money on it at that time. How dare it lie to me. It does look a little ugly." His mother's voice was still clear, but there was a hint of disgust in it.
After that, it was time for the twist of fate.
"We've already spent a few hundred yuan on this disease. I don't think it can be cured. Throw it away. It might be contagious. Don't be so close to it." Dad was very unhappy.
I had never heard her voice before. I wagged my tail at my parents and rubbed against their feet. I wanted to make them happy like before.
But they avoided me a little, as if they were playing a game with me?
"But, my dear, it …" Mom seemed to want to say something, but she was interrupted.
Then, there was nothing else. I was taken out and placed on a road that I had never been to before. At first, I didn't really understand. I thought that I was separated from my parents. I had experienced this twice before, but I was quickly found.
This time, I waited for a long time. My parents didn't come, but I felt that I was very smart. I decided to find them myself and give them a surprise.
It took me two days. Although my body was itchy and painful, I still ate some roadside food and headed in the direction of my home.
That's right, that was where I had lived for three years. I felt that it was my home.
I was afraid that my parents would be worried if they couldn't find me, so I hurriedly ran in the direction of my home. However, the road wasn't easy to walk. When I finally reached the familiar place and saw my parents, I happily ran towards them.
"Get lost. Don't come near us. Go away!" Dad shouted.
Moreover, he very fiercely kicked me twice. Although he didn't kick me, I was really scared at that time. I had never seen my father so fierce.
After my father said that, he pulled my mother away. The two of them didn't even look back. I was a little scared. I wanted to follow them, but I didn't dare to.
I stayed outside the house, thinking that maybe they were in a bad mood. Maybe they would be in a good mood the next day.
On the way, I was hungry, but I didn't dare to leave. I was afraid that I would miss a time when my parents were in a good mood. Although my body was itchy and painful, I felt that I could endure it.
For the next few days, I was treated rudely. Even when my mother was alone, she would only look at me sadly and leave.
After waiting for five days, when I was dying of hunger, I finally understood that I didn't have a home. It was probably because I had done something wrong that my parents didn't want me anymore.
Thus, I propped myself up and left. I was afraid that if I continued to stay there, my parents would be angry.
After that, it was a life of wandering.
"Go away. There's a stray dog over there. It might bite."
"Go away. That stray dog stinks."
"Don't go there. There's a stray dog over there."
I really wanted to tell those two-legged beasts that I wasn't fierce, that I didn't bite, and that I didn't stink. I loved to be clean. However, as soon as I got close, the two-legged beasts would scream. Thus, I learned to avoid the crowd and fill my stomach by rummaging through the trash cans.
My body was getting more and more painful. My fur started to fall off piece by piece. I thought I was going to die soon, but I still wanted to live. I tried my best to find food to feed myself. Sometimes, I even had to fight with other dogs.
In the beginning, I would lose because I had never fought before. But now that I didn't have a home, I learned to fight and learned to win.
Just like that, I kept wandering. One day, I found a remote alley. Although the environment wasn't very good, there weren't any other dogs around, so I could use it as my territory.
Thus, after wandering for a few months, I found a new temporary home. Although it was just a nest made of old snakeskin bags, it could still shelter me from the rain.
I started my life of going out to look for food during the day and coming back to sleep at night. However, more and more fur fell off my body. My strength also started to slowly disappear. One night, I couldn't help but howl. It was because of hunger and pain. I hadn't gotten up for a day.
It was on such a night that I met a new two-legged beast.
He came out wearing slippers. He probably came out in a hurry. He saw me immediately. The experiences of the past few months made me a little afraid. I shrank in the nest and didn't dare to move. I was afraid that I would be chased away.
That two-legged beast seemed to be very powerful. He immediately noticed that I had a skin disease. He stood far away from me. He was probably afraid of me.
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