12.HALO

Halo is one among the pack of four stray dogs that dominate our village. He was a normal dog ,until an unfortunate accident happened to him. It was a very hot summer and maybe he was very thirsty. He put his head in the water container made of plastic and the rim of the container got stuck in his neck. He tried everything, but couldn’t pull it off and he began to carry it everywhere (like a halo around his head).  Soon the people and even his own pack began to look at him like some alien being .Halo is an extremely shy dog, and maybe he had experienced some bad treatment in the hands of human beings. He was, and still is, mortally afraid of any human coming near, much less, touching, him. So as much as people tried, both in single and in groups, nobody could get near him, much less pull the plastic container off. Halo began to spend much of his time alone, even when his friends were busy roaming on the roads. He would just come and lie down in our yard all day. He couldn’t even eat food properly as his head was stuck inside the jar. Thankfully, the bottom of the container was open, enabling him to breathe. Some days, he would just come and stand in front of our house with tired eyes, and we would know that he was hungry and feed him food. He went through this plight for almost 2 – 3 months, when somehow he by himself broke free of the container .Now he is a happy dog, free and reunited with his pack.  Halo’s story has deeply inspired me. It showed me how flaky all the relationships are. The friends, the society and everything else is so pointless when a real mishap occurs in your life. The only thing one can do is to brave through it, with the hope that tomorrow will be better than today. At least that’s what Halo did, and he didn’t die, when he could have.