A GREY BEARD, BUT A BEAUTIFUL SOUL Youve lied to me about everything! Im ending this correspondence.
Monday, 7th March Sometimes I wonder just how bad I truly am, or rather, how willingly the world wants
Rosie, Im home come and greet me! A-Alan?! Why are you back so early? You were meant to return in three
Go Away and Never Come Back — Leave, Do You Hear Me? Michael Whispered with Tears in His Eyes. Go, and Never Return—Ever Again. With Trembling Hands He Unclasped the Heavy Metal Chain and Dragged Berta to the Gate, Pushing Her Out onto the Road. She Didn’t Understand—Was She Being Driven Away? But Why, When She’d Done Nothing Wrong? Go, Please, Michael Repeated, Hugging the Dog. You Can’t Stay Here. He’ll Be Back Any Minute and… Just Then the Door Flew Open and Drunken Victor Stumbled Out onto the Porch, Axe in Hand…
If Only People Knew for a Moment How Hard the Life of a Dog Forced onto the Streets Can Be, They’d See Strays with Pity, Not Disdain. But How Could They Know? Dogs Can’t Tell Their Stories or Complain About Their Fate—They Keep All Their Hurt Inside. But Let Me Tell You a Tale—A Tale of Love, Betrayal, and Loyalty…
It Begins When Berta Was Unwanted From the Very Start. No One Knows Why Her First Owner Abandoned Her—Perhaps Simply for Being Born. He Didn’t Even Bother to Find Her a Home, Just Left the Two-Month-Old Puppy by the Roadside Outside a Small Village, Where Cars and Lorries Speeded Past. Perhaps He Hoped She Wouldn’t Survive, Either to Traffic or to Hunger. But That Day, Fortune Smiled—Young Michael Cycling on His Birthday Discovered Her, Saved Her, and Took Her in As His Own.
Michael Had Long Dreamt of a Dog, and His Parents, Though Reluctant, Let Him Keep Her. He Named Her Berta, and They Fast Became Best Friends. For a Time, All Was Well—Until Michael’s Father, Victor, Lost His Job, Sunk into Drink, and Became Cruel, Lashing Out at His Family and the Dog.
One Night, Fearing for Berta’s Life as His Father Raged, Michael Freed Her, Pleading Through Tears for Her to Run Away and Never Come Back. Berta Didn’t Understand, Only That She Was Suddenly Alone Again.
Seven Long Years Passed. Berta Wandered Vilages, Survived on Kindness and Scraps, Was Taken In By a Cemetery Groundskeeper, and Lived Among Graves and Loss, Remembering Happier Times. One Day, She Found the Grave of Victor—the Man Who’d Driven Both Her and Michael From Home. Years Later, When Michael Returned at Last, Struggling With His Own Pain and Seeking Closure, Berta Found Him at the Cemetery. Older, Changed by Life, But Still Recognisable. They Reunited—Dog and Owner, Friends Bound by Love and Suffering.
Michael Took Berta Home With His New Family, and Together with His Partner, a New Baby, and Even a Stray Kitten, They Built a New Life—One Where Loyalty, Forgiveness, and Hope Triumphed Over Cruelty and Abandonment. And So, Despite All They Endured, Michael and Berta Were Truly Happy, at Last. Go Away and Never Come Back “Go away, do you hear me?” I whispered through tears. “
STARING INTO THE VOID David and Alice got married when they had just turned nineteen. They couldn’
Linda was bad. Truly dreadful, honestlyyou almost pitied her for being so bad. Everyone kept trying to
Granddad It all unfolded on a balmy summer evening. I was walking home after my netball practice, the
He Leveled the Garden and Built Marina Flower Beds, Crafted a Cosy Gazebo, and Made the House Feel Like Home – No Wonder Marina Chose the Right Man: Twenty-Five Years of Marriage, a Daughter Sent Off to Italy, and a Husband Lost in a Tragic Accident… Now Alone in a Big English Countryside House, Marina Finds Herself Caught Between Admirers Again at Forty-Six. She Marries the Strong, Silent Type – But When Illness Strikes, He Fears She’ll Leave Him. “Never,” Says Marina, Clutching His Hand: A Moving Tale of Second Chances, Resilience, and Lasting Love in the Face of Life’s Hardest Trials I levelled out the garden, made some lovely flower beds for Emily, and even built a gazebo in the corner.
“Mum, It’s Us, Your Sons… Mum…” She Looked at Them
Anna and Robert Had Spent Their Entire Lives Struggling in Poverty. Once Full of Hope, Anna Watched Her Dreams Fade as Hardship and Addiction Took Over. With Three Sons Born in Quick Succession and Little Income, Despair Consumed the Family. After Years of Sacrifice, Both Parents Fell into the Grip of Alcohol, Forgetting Their Children as the Village Watched Helplessly. When a Neighbor Suggested the Boys Were Better Off in an Orphanage, Anna and Robert Relinquished Them. Years Passed—The Brothers Grew Up, Found Jobs, and Stuck Together, Always Haunted by the Parents Who Abandoned Them. One Day, They Returned to Find Their Mother, Staring Blankly, Until Recognition Dawns and Tears Flow. Can They Forgive the Past? Mum, its us, your children Mum She glanced at them. Emma and George had spent their lives on the edge
“CHOOSE: ITS EITHER YOUR DOG OR ME! IM SICK OF LIVING WITH THIS MUTT!” her husband declared.
