Arriving home, I awakened my mother and father. Together we doctored my dogs. Old Dan was taken care of first.
Very gently Mama worked the entrails out and in a pan of warm soapy water, washed them clean of the pine needles, leaves, and grit.
“If I only knew what I was doing,” Mama said, as she worked, “I’d feel better.”
With gentle hands, she worked the entrails back through the opening.
The wound was sewn up and bandaged with a clean white cloth.
Little Ann wasn’t hard to doctor. I held her head while Mama cleaned her wounds with peroxide.
Feeling the bite of the strong liquid, she whined and licked at my hands.
“It’s all right, little girl,” I said. “You’ll be well in no time.”
I opened the door and watched her as she limped off to the doghouse.
Hearing a whimper, I turned around. There in the doorway to the room stood my sisters.
I could tell by the looks on their faces that they had been watching for some time.
They looked pitiful standing there in their long white gowns. I felt sorry for them.
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