Alma's Tales

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Alma goes to London with the Browns

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Origin of a Travelin' Dog

by David Ware

There was a little girl, who saw a wiry black and tan dog one day, and wanted one of her own.

She begged her father for one, and begged and begged, until at last, one day, he brought home a toy dog that looked just like the one she had seen.

The little girl hugged the soft toy and thanked her father. And for a long time the silent dog, whom the little girl named Alma, was her close friend and her companion in her dreams.

But the little girl got bigger, as little girls do. And she was given more and more toys, then clothes, and books, and bicycles and school work. And Alma was, well, not forgotten, but lost in the muddle. The girl still loved her toy dog, but there were simply too many other things too pay attention to.

After a few years, the girl and her family moved. The girl's mother, while packing, made up boxes of things to take, things to sell, things to give away and things to simply be left behind.                     

Into one of the "left behind" boxes she placed many of the girl's older toys and stuffed animals. One of these were Alma.

Now, toys that have been loved have a little life of their own, lent by the children who have loved them. Maybe it was this little bit of life that helped Alma somehow get out of the box; I can not tell you for sure. But I know that somehow she ended up atop the box, just in time to watch the family's things hauled away in the moving van.

Alma did not know where her girl and the family were bound. But she knew somehow that if she went from place to place, she would some day find them. And even if she didn't, she would have adventures--and this sort of dog, whether breathing or toy, is made for adventures.

Alma, as you can see, is on her great adventure. And you can play a part in it. Because, just maybe, you were made for adventures, too.

Contact me to have Alma come visit your home for your donation of $25. Take your picture with Alma and send it to me via email or mail and we will post it on our web site proudly.  We will also show where Alma has traveled to while she looks for her forever family!  Join the fun and help needy Airedales of ATRA!