LOYALTY AWARDEE
In the highlands of Pom e Grande,
there lived a happy and contented family which Abraham came from. Abe is the
only son of Fredricksen Wilkins and Jane Stuart. Their life was simple. Mr.
Fredricksen was a shoe factory worker in the Barrio next to theirs while Mrs.
Wilkins is a plain housewife, giving all of her time to their family. Abe is
ten years old, playful, cheerful and a treasure of his parents.
One evening on Mr. Fredricksen’s way
home, he notices some noise and locate where it came from. His ears bring him
to the bushes. He slowly made an opening to see who makes that panting noise.
And he is surprise on what he saw.
“Abe will you please give me the
sliced onions. It’s on the table, dear.” Jane instructed. She is preparing the
dinner while Abe is playing his favourite Ironman action figure. “Here’s your
onions mother, special delivery!” Abe replied. “Thank you! Are you still
playing with Ironman? It’s seven in the evening and Papa will be home sooner,
get ready for dinner okay?” Jane added.
Abe hears knockings on their door
and he opened it. “Father! You came home late again huh?” Abe said as he
tightly embraces his father. “I have something for you Abe” Mr. Fredricksen
making him curious. “Really Papa! What is it? What is it?” Abe responded
merrily. The one that Mr. Fredricksen saw in the bushes is his present for Abe,
a puppy. Abe likes the puppy so much but Mrs. Wilkins is not that into animals.
They had that unforgettable dinner for Abe with their new family member,
Bakita.
Everyday, Abe and Bakita went
outside for a walk. They play Catch-the-stick but Bakita seems a type of a not
so playful dog. He doesn’t run to get the stick and give it back to Abe instead
Abe is the one doing it trying to instruct Bakita to do the same. Abe’s
favourite bonding with Bakita is bath time and it looks that both of them likes
it. They also spend time practicing for tricks that Bakita can understand yet
he seldom does.
When Abe reached the secondary
level, his school is in the next Barrio but the opposite way of Mr. Wilkins
workplace. One afternoon, on Abe’s way home he saw a dog that looks like Bakita
sitting under the tree on the hill. When he got closer and closer it appears
that it is really Bakita waiting for Abe. “Hey Buddy! What are you doing up
there? Did you wait for me huh? Oh, come on get down here and let’s go home!”
Abe shouted. “He’s up there about fifteen minutes ago, looking straight at that
building seems like waiting for someone” a man interrupted. The building that
the vendor pointed is the school of Abe. “Is he your dog?” he added. “Oh, Mr.
Delton, yes he’s my dog sir.” Abe responded shortly. “Then it’s you he’s been
waiting eh? What a clever dog.” he ended.
Every afternoon, Bakita waits for
Abe at the same place and time. Sometimes when Abe has allowance left after
school, he treated Bakita a hotdog from Mr. Delton’s Snack-Time stand.
Years passed like minutes, Abe
finished high school and started to work with his father at the factory and
later married to a beautiful woman named Mary Stuart. They bought a house near
Abe’s parents’ house and lived a simple life. Mary stays at home while Abe goes
out for work. Abe sooner became a father and they named their child Flynn
Cornelia. Bakita is also getting old but he’s still living with them. Mary also
likes Bakita anyway.
It is eight in the evening, when Bakita
is sleeping under the bed wherein Mary put baby Flynn to sleep. While Mary is
cooking their dinner, she found out that there is something missing on her dish
and she decided to buy at the next door’s mini shop. When she finished cooking
the dinner, something startles her. From their table she can see the opening of
the room where their baby is sleeping and when she looked down, she saw blood
flowing on the floor. She rushed to the room and shouted. Abe, who just came
from work heard Mary’s voice two blocks away and he run as fast as he could
towards their house. He saw Mary in their room, she’s stoned for what she saw
and so was Abe. Bakita is panting and his mouth is soaked in fresh blood. Mary
runs to get baby Flynn while Abe come near to his Bakita. Beside the dog lies a
dead snake almost a meter away from where Mary leaved Flynn. Abraham tried to
bring Bakita to the Barrio’s so called doctor but it’s too late. The poison
from the snake went through out his body.
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