The Dog and the Physician
I remember the story about a dog which was suffering from a serious skin disease. There were patches of sore skins here and there, traces of open wounds all over, swollen skins everywhere, pus oozing and leaking, hair almost gone. That made it worse, rendering the unsightly dog’s predicament open for all to see. The owner has thrown out the dog. Nobody wanted to have the dog as a playmate. Even fellow dogs. The poor canine has to ramage through trash bags and cans to look for food in order to survive. The mere sight of the dog would cause people to pick up stones and anything that can be thrown, to use in shooing it away. It was bad enough that our miserable chap is in that state; it was even thought to be a disease-carrier. Because of that, the dog has to wander around; it has no owner, no home, no friend, nothing. It strayed and strayed, farther and farther. Until one day, it strayed into the door o...