Wednesday, October 3, 2007

A cruel but not intentional joke

Ever since I was eight years old I have always wanted to have a Siberian husky puppy. They are my favor tie dog of all time. My dad however, said that after our dog passed on that we were not going to get anymore animals because he was sick of being the only one taking her out at night. Yes I can agree how that would get to be a pain in the butt, but while she was alive I was not old enough or brave enough to take her outside at night. Especially because we lived out in the sticks where there were lots of wild animals. However as I got older, I would have not been scared to do this. Anyways, every time my grandfather asked me what I wanted for my eighteenth birthday I told him how much I wanted a Siberian Husky. I would tell him "come on gramps, I'm your only blood granddaughter. I really want a Husky." Every time we would get together for family events I would always bring up wanting a Husky for my birthday and my grandpa would just chuckle. He would say that he can't get me a dog because he would not go against what my dad said about getting another dog. Well my birthday rolled around, and the family was coming over for our tradition birthday celebration. I was sitting in the recliner in the living room when I saw the back door to the porch open up. All of a sudden I saw a dog carrier crate. So I ran jumped over the table and opened the door. I was already in tears because I was so excited that my grandfather had actually gotten the one thing I have wanted most for the past nine years. Well when he walked in and set it down, I opened the door only to find a Siberian Husky stuffed animal sitting in there. I had gotten so excited to only have the dream ripped away in a matter of seconds. I was so heartbroken, and very upset. I was so upset that I made my grandfather sad. He felt very bad, but now when we look back on that day we laugh even though it was an unintentional cruel joke to play. But I still love my grandfather a lot.

2 comments:

d.g. said...

Aww! I would have been emotionally devastated! At least you can chuckle about it a bit now. :-)

Linda said...

Keep dreaming - someday you'll get a siberian husky.