Tu Sang Huiming: The dog was hit by a car

Tu Sang Huiming: The dog was hit by a car (Alberta Times) Writing about dogs again. Although I didn’t see the car or the perpetrator, I saw a group of people surrounding a...

Tu Sang Huiming: The dog was hit by a car (Alberta Times) Writing about dogs again. Although I didn’t see the car or the perpetrator, I saw a group of people surrounding a dog and I knew which driver hit the dog. The driving speed in the United States is fast, and when driving, you often encounter animals that do not understand human traffic rules, such as deer, rabbits, pigeons, cats and dogs. Comparatively speaking, dogs are the most humane. When crossing the road, they will not only pay attention to the speed of the vehicle, but also act according to the situation, and will step back when necessary. But this time, the dog was old and no longer had the agility and explosiveness it had when it was young. According to people who saw it, it was hit by a car when it was about to reach the sidewalk and fell to the side of the road. The owner of the car that caused the accident may not have noticed the accident and just walked away. No one took note of his license plate—the ferocious barking of the dog had already caused passers-by to gather around the dog, temporarily forgetting to track down the car responsible for the accident. In the United States, the consequences of hitting a dog are almost the same as hitting a person. Passers-by later regret not taking down the license plate. A middle-aged woman took off her coat and covered the dog. She held the dog in her arms with one hand and gently stroked the dog's head with the other hand. Others quickly took out bottles of water from their pockets, and one child gave the dog some unfinished chocolate. People think that their actions can alleviate the dog's pain a little. The dog is a big yellow dog. If it is not injured, it may be very docile. He looked more docile now, so docile that there was sadness and helplessness in his eyes. It drank a little water but didn't touch the chocolate. The strong impact had obviously caused internal injuries to it. Although there was no blood and it no longer screamed, its slight whining and moaning already showed its pain. The child who gave the chocolate felt aggrieved, looked back at his mother, and then stuffed the chocolate towards the big dog. The dog just stared, not even wagging its tail to express gratitude. Looking at the woman holding the dog again, the corners of her eyes were wet, and her gray-blue eyes were full of pity. The police also came, and people calmly told him the process. What will happen next, I don’t know. Probably sent to the animal protection center. A very small thing, like a cloud, gently drifting in the wind, but what is left to me is an eternal memory: respect and cherishment of life. I remember the mother of a child who was run over in Foshan knelt down in front of her mother-in-law who saved her, saying she had a "Bodhisattva's heart". I was really moved. It's not that my mother-in-law is really like a Bodhisattva, it's just that she has the love of ordinary people.