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The Birthday Miracle
From Chicken Soup for the Soul: My Very Good, Very Bad Dog
By Tea R. Peronto Fun fact: A study by the ASPCA found that pet owners become just as attached to pets they've received as gifts as to pets they've chosen themselves. His pleading blue eyes always got to me, and Devon knew it. I sat in my favorite tattered armchair watching TV, a blanket tucked around me against February's winter chill. Devon stood next to the chair in his stocking feet. Devon had played the man of the house since his father left the year before, but tonight I was not looking into the eyes of a man. Tonight, he was a twelve-year-old boy who wanted a puppy for his birthday, and his birthday was tomorrow. (Keep reading) | 