Sammy Ray
On a warm day in 1988 my owner decided I was too much trouble! I was a cute puppy but now a year old, I guess my new had worn off and was no longer wanted. Along a busy highway in East Texas near the town of Celeste I was dropped off like a garbage bag. I noticed a stop sign nearby so I thought maybe, just maybe my owners would change their mind and return. There I sat watching cars go by for days.
Then a woman came along one day and stopped. She gave me food and water, loved on me and then left. She returned the next day and I suppose she figured out what had happened so she invited me to come live with her. Her farm was just a short distance away. There my life really began because of this angel of compassion and love. I learned in the next year that she would bring numerous animals home that were not wanted.
Roadie the Walker Hound
I couldn’t move! Two of my legs were nearly severed! It was dark and raining and I was cold and covered with oil and grease. I tried to move but couldn’t. I hurt real bad and then I heard it coming, an awful noise like thunder, the ground a shaking and the rails vibrating! Then it was over top me, this train with the loud engine dripping hot oil and grease all over me. My legs hurt somethin’ terrible! Finally it was gone and it was dark and quiet. I wanted out of here, I tried my best to get up but couldn’t, my legs just wouldn’t work no more. There was lots of blood. It was raining and I got real cold and tried to sleep but the pain was too bad. I was lonely and scared.
No telling how long I laid there a hurtin and then that sound again, in the distance I could hear it coming. I tried to move but couldn’t and then it was on top of me again, another train dripping more hot oil and grime and dirt into my wounds. This went on for days, every hour; I think I counted 50 of them loud, noisy, dirty trains!
My front left leg and my right back leg wouldn’t work at all so I was stuck. I was a real mess with blood a leaking from my injuries. It was so bad I couldn’t even lick my wounds to help ease the pain. Roadies miraculous story continues in book
Where there is great love
there are always Miracles
Willa Cather
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