GOOD BYE GEMS

The twin brother Jack waits for Gems to get up from his sleep with out knowing that he is no more.
*************************************************************************************A sad story of Gems;
It was raining on a cold wintery night , when her mother BLACKY, a stray dog gave birth to six pups. She had to carry her offspring to a safer place as that area where she gave birth to her little ones, was cleaned with a bulldozer for a marriage function. My wife and I had to feed the sickly looking mother of six. After three weeks their eyes open up so that they can move around. The pups grew up to be visible to us in the morning hours when their mother would return from our house for the breast feeding. Four were brown and other two were the healthiest-coal black, looking like Doberman.
Two died due to some illness, one was taken away for adaptation then 3 remained and came to our house twice daily for Roti, Rice and Bread. Out of these three, one is missing we do not know what has happened to her. Mother (Blacky) was proudly roaming in our locality with those twins ever since they looked like adults.
They play together with their mother and two males gave them training (not their father) how to fight. They were almost five and half months old looking majestic over the sand bed.
Last night i gave them a bellyful of food much to my wife’s annoyance (she has to make roti for them you see.)
Today early morning one of the brothers was knocked down and I could make out in sleep that some thing has happened with my friends, it was 0445 hours. He died on the spot. I plucked two flowers from our garden and put it on his face, as the sun was about to rise. I cried like a child because I love Gems. His twin brother (Jack) was sitting near Gems for hours but he does not know what death is. The other dogs including his mother came and could know he is no more. The mother was crying beside the dead pup.
This is life. The mother has given birth to 14 pups in last 3 years and only one is with her, we call him Jack. Today none has turned up for lunch probably as a mark of respect for the departed soul. He was a GEM of a country pup.
Let his soul rest in peace.