Three Musketeers

 

In our village, a bitch (female dog) gave birth to at least three pups recently. Kids from the village started playing with the pups and the pups also responded with equal enthusiasm. A boy hid the pups below a ‘bedhi’ (cottage for grain storage) and they made it their home for a few days. Once in a while their mother used to visit and meet them. Once I saw her approaching and even before reaching there, she sensed that the pups were safe inside the bedhi and hence went for sleep. Some kids from the village saw that and came nearby. They called the pups from inside and brought them near her so that they could start drinking milk. The mother-dog did not feel intimidated by kids and allowed them to handle her pups. After a few days, one of the three pups vanished and only two pups (in the picture above) were seen playing around. Watching them play was fun. As part of their game, they would just fall back on ground, roll over the ground and of course push each other to force the other fell down. Similarities with human kids were startling. After a few more days, those also vanished. Then, one day I saw all three of them at a nearby field and all three pups were playing. Then the bitch tried to bring one of the pups back to the original place (below the bedhi) but once the pup came nearby and saw it (as you can see in above picture), he ran back. That was the last time any one of the three pups were seen. But I am sure they are safe and playing somewhere and their mother is feeding them since they are still so small.