Puppies for sale A farmer had some puppies he needed to sell. He painted a sign advertising the 4 pups and set about nailing it to a post on the edge of his yard. As he was driving the last nail into the post, he felt a tug on his overalls. He looked down into the eyes of a little boy. "Mister," he said, "I want to buy "one of your puppies." "Well," said the farmer, as he rubbed the sweat off the back of his neck, "These puppies come from fine parents and cost a good deal of money." The boy dropped his head for a moment. Then reaching deep into his pocket, he pulled out a handful of change and held it up to the farmer. "I've got thirty-nine cents. Is that enough to take a look?" "Sure," said the farmer. And with that he let out a whistle. "Here, Dolly!" he called. Out from the doghouse and down the ramp ran Dolly followed by four little balls of fur. The little boy pressed his face against the chain link fence. His eyes danced with delight. As the dogs made their way to the fence, the little boy noticed something else stirring inside the doghouse. Slowly another little ball appeared, this one noticeably smaller. Down the ramp it slid. Then in a some what awkward manner, the little pup began hobbling toward the others, doing its best to catch up.... "I want that one," the little boy said, pointing to the runt. The farmer knelt down at the boy's side and said, "Son, you don't want that puppy. He will never be able to run and play with you like these other dogs would." With that the little boy stepped back from the fence, reached down, and began rolling up one leg of his trousers. In doing so he revealed a steel brace running down both sides of his leg attaching itself to a specially made shoe. Looking back up at the farmer, he said, "You see sir, I don't run too well myself, and he will need someone who understands." With tears in his eyes, the farmer reached down and picked up the little pup.. Holding it carefully he handed it to the little boy. "How much?" asked the little boy. "No charge," answered the farmer, "There's no charge for love."
Nice heart-warming story. Hehe, was also kinda expecting a joke here. This does reminds me of a joke out of a one man show but it's more the opposite of this puppy for sale story: A business man was walking in the streets and a beggar comes up to him and asks whether he'd small change for him. Businessman replied: "Mister, hapiness don't cost a dime" and the businessman walks quickly away. Uhhh, it was funny when you hear and see the facial expression of the comedian who was telling this joke...-^_^
^Haha that's more like pokin fun at people who can afford to be kind but finds lame excuses not to... >.<
Sounds like it huh, but the comedian was actually using this joke to back up his story to explain why hapiness is only a relative term.
the story was so touching... i teared... honest... there are still little miracles in the world i guess...
that was really sweet of the boy!! i thought it was a joke at first aswell.... then it became a nice lil story..
awwwww that is sooo sweet......-cry2 whoaaa ham sup jai never knew you had it in you...such a touching story! now look what you done.....made me cry geh
^Coz he said so ma... And this story is uhm... how do you call it.. just felt he wasn't the original writer lor.. lol There are many versions of the story. I posted another version in the 'Story of Heaven and Hell and other short stories' thread
