Bear: a true story

       
I saved a dog once from a flash flood.  He was stuck        
in the middle of a road holding his ground...        
a full grown Rottweiler named Bear, and just as big and cuddly.          
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I got out of my van, and the closer I walked toward him        
in the current, the less afraid he was and started walking towards me.          
We could have both been swept away in an instant.          
He was so scared.   I was too but we were steady together.        
       
That dog meant the world to just one man, and for the life of        
me I can’t remember his name.  I don't know about the friend,        
but I'm sure the dog would have done the same for me...
     
     
I can’t remember the guy’s name, but he had Bear well trained.        
He could look at him, give Bear a signal, and the dog would do anything for him.        
He could make you fear your life with that dog.   He was proud of him.      
I don’t remember how Bear got up there in the middle of the road,      
but that guy would not go and get him.  I think of Bear as his ego.  Maybe he couldn’t save himself.