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HERSHELL AND BANDIT
A boy named Hershell always passed an old house on his way to and from school. A dog who lived there, always barked at Hershell; so he would hurry past the house where the dog always barked at him. One day, Hershell made up his mind not to be afraid of the dog. So, when the dog barked at him this time, he slowed down on his way home from school and talked to the dog. The dog stopped barking and began to wag his tail. Then Hershell went home happy that he didn’t have to be afraid of the dog anymore.
Each
evening, Hershell stopped and talked to the dog. One day an old man came out of the house to talk to
Hershell. He said, “I see you have made
friends with Bandit.” Hershell said
that he used to be afraid of the dog; but now he wasn’t. He asked the old man where he got the name
“Bandit” for his dog. The old man told
Hershell he found Bandit stealing food out of the trashcans and the black patch
over his eyes looked like a mask, so he named him “Bandit.”
Hershell
continued to stop and talk to Bandit and the old man after school each
day. One day the old man asked Hershell
if something happened to him, would he take care of his beloved Bandit as he
had no family to take care of him when he was gone. Hershell went home and asked his mother and daddy if he could
have the dog, Bandit, if something happened to the old man. His folks said that he could have Bandit if
there was no one else to take him. Hershell
continued to stop and talk to Bandit and the old man after school. He was becoming better and better friends
each and every day.
One
day Hershell came home from school when he saw an ambulance that took the old
man to the hospital. He reminded
Hershell of his promise to take care of Bandit if something happened to him. Hershell told his parents that they had
taken the old man to the hospital and asked to go see the old man. They said that he could; and so, the next
day, after school, he rushed to the old man’s house and got Bandit and took him
to the hospital. He told Bandit to sit
and he went in to see the old man.
The
nurse had to lift the old man up to let him see Bandit outside of the
window. The old man was happy as now he
could close his eyes as Hershell left with Bandit after thanking Hershell for
bringing his dog to see him.
The next day, Hershell and Bandit went to the hospital to see the old man. The nurse told him gently that the old man had passed away just as Hershell and Bandit left the evening before. Hershell put his arms around Bandit for comfort and somehow he knew that Bandit knew the old man had gone to his rest!
Verna Louise Danklefs
Oct. 18, 1981
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