EnzoHe picked me out of a pile of pups, a tangled mass of paws and tails. He'd stopped at the farm on his way home from the speedway at Yakima. Even back then, I knew I was different than other dogs. My soul just felt more human.
EnzoHis master whispers into the dog's ears his wishes that in his next life the dog will return as a man. Not all dogs return as men they say. Only those who are ready.
EnzoI am ready. I know death is not the end. Eve told me so. And I believe her. When I return to this world, I will practically be an adult the moment I am plucked from the womb with all the preparation I have done.
Denny[lays down on the sofa with Enzo]there he is.
EnzoI will walk among my fellow men, lick my lips with my small dexterous tongue and shake hands with a firm grasp.
EnzoWe'll be heading home soon. But for now, all I want is one more lap. Just one more. I'll bark again so he knows. Faster, Denny, Faster!
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EnzoEve's last breath freed her soul. I saw it leave, myself.
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EnzoI stayed awake all that night and many others that followed. The demon was coming for Eve, but he would have to get through me first. Only once the others awoke, did I dare relinquish my guard duties.
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EnzoNo one knows what curves life will throw at you, but if the driver has the courage to create his own conditions, then the rain is simply rain.
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EnzoI assumed she would soon be in our rear-view mirror. By Spring, it was clear. Eve wasn't going anywhere.
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EnzoI spent a sleepless night contemplating what Denny had said. Quit racing? He was a racecar driver the way I was a dog. It was his nature, his destiny.