Let me tell of you of the most beautiful story I know...

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Actaeon

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Let me tell of you of the most beautiful story I know. A man was given a dog, which he loved very much. The dog went with him everywhere, but the man could not teach it to do anything useful. The dog would not fetch or point, it would not race or protect or stand watch. Instead the dog sat near him and regarded him, always with that same inscrutable expression. "That's not a dog, it's a wolf." said the man's wife. "He alone is faithful to me." said the man, and his wife never discussed it with him again. One day the man took his dog with him into his private airplane and as they flew over high winter mountains the engines failed and the airplane was torn to shreds among the trees. The man lay bleeding, his belly torn open by blades of sheared metal, steam rising from his organs in the cold air, but all he could think of was his faithful dog. Was he alive? Was he hurt? Imagine his relief when the dog came padding up and regarded him with that same steady gaze. After an hour the dog nosed the man's gaping abdomen, then began pulling out intestines and spleen and liver and gnawing on them, all while studing the man's face. "Thank God." said the man. "At least one of us will not starve."

-From the God Whispers of Han Qing-Jao
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Read that in a book, I wanted to make it my profile in AIM, but it wouldn't fit. So I didn't want to type that all up for nothing, so I share the story with you!

Thought it was kinda funny and interesting, though I do not think many of you will.
 
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Originally posted by: Actaeon
Let me tell of you of the most beautiful story I know. A man was given a dog, which he loved very much. The dog went with him everywhere, but the man could not teach it to do anything useful. The dog would not fetch or point, it would not race or protect or stand watch. Instead the dog sat near him and regarded him, always with that same inscrutable expression. "That's not a dog, it's a wolf." said the man's wife. "He alone is faithful to me." said the man, and his wife never discussed it with him again. One day the man took his dog with him into his private airplane and as they flew over high winter mountains the engines failed and the airplane was torn to shreds among the trees. The man lay bleeding, his belly torn open by blades of sheared metal, steam rising from his organs in the cold air, but all he could think of was his faithful dog. Was he alive? Was he hurt? Imagine his relief when the dog came padding up and regarded him with that same steady gaze. After an hour the dog nosed the man's gaping abdomen, then began pulling out intestines and spleen and liver and gnawing on them, all while studing the man's face. "Thank God." said the man. "At least one of us will not starve."

-From the God Whispers of Han Qing-Jao
Click to expand...

Read that in a book, I wanted to make it my profile in AIM, but it wouldn't fit. So I didn't want to type that all up for nothing, so I share the story with you!

Thought it was kinda funny and interesting, though I do not think many of you will.
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ok

it's funny. i actually did chuckle a bit when reading it.

 
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Hmm, the power of belief, or
the glass is half full.
 
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Actaeon

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My first expression to the story was :Q, then I thought it was kinda humorous how the man put his faith in the dog (which does nothing), and instead of helping the man, ended up using the man for his survival.

Well, if anyone cares, the book I got it from is called "Children of the Mind", Its the 4th (and last) book in the Ender's Game series by Orson Scott Card.
 
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Ikonomi

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I only ask that my dogs wait until I'm actually dead to eat my entrails. :frown:
 
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Goosemaster

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It epitimizes faith.

Faith is a wolf that will not obey, and will devour your soul when you are at your weakest. Yet you still immerse yourself in it and call it your own.


Faith is dangerous because it forgoes conscious judement, yet man still feels the need to believe in something greater.


The paradox that only dead men can answer.


Interesting,...



 
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