"Hi，"Ioffered，asIdrewheyoungman'sfatleandfriendly，andIsejustbylookingihewassomeoneinrealcrisis。
"Ihavesomefoodherefs，"Isaid。DumbfouhebagasIsetdowerinfrontofthem。
&quhtwater，too？"heaskedincredulously。Webothkdowhe，andthepuppygreetedmeenthusiastically。
"Thato。dthisone'sDog。I'mWayhesad，stenoughtoseewhatwasiainer。
"e;Iasked。Ifeltabitihealyandsimply。"Well，IjustmovedoutherefromArizonaabeeofindwork。I'matthepointwhereI'tevehedogs。"
"Whereareyouliving？"
"Inthattruckrightthere。"Hepoioadilapidatedoldvehiclethatarkedcloseby。Ithadaralohashell，soatleasttheyhadshelterfromtheelements。
Thepuphadylapaledin。Iaskedeofworkhedid。
"I'mamedawelder，"hesaid，"Butthere'snothingouthereforeither。I'velookedahesedogsaremyfamily；Ihatetohavetosellthem，butIjust'taffordtofeedthem。"
&sayingitoverandover。Hedidn'twahem，buthe'tfeedthem。Anawfullookcameoverhisfaceeverytimeherepeatedit。Itwasasifhemighthavetogiveupachild。
&imeseemedrighttocasuallypassoverthetwenty-dollarbill，hopingIwouldn'tfurtherdamagehisalreadyshakypride。"Here。Usethistobuyyourselfsomethi;
"Well，thanks，"heslowlyreplied，uolookmeihiscouldgetusarht，too。"
"Howlonghaveyoubee;
"Allday。"
"Hasn'taopped？"
"No，you'rethefirst。"Itwaslateafternoonandquicklygettingdark。Herei，whenthesuemperaturewoulddipiies。
Mymiofast-foricturedthethreeofthemgoingwithouteveoday，perhapsforseveraldays，andspendingmanylong，coldhourscoopedupintheirie，makeshiftshelter。
Seeingpeoplebegforfoodisn'tahiscity。Butthismanstoodoutbecausehewasn'taskingforfoodforhimself。Hewasmoreedwithkeepinghisdogsfedthanwithhisownarentofnineassionatelyloveddogsofmyown，ithitadeepe。
Idon'tthinkI'lleverreallyknowwhateatthatmoment，inspiriodowhatIdidIjustkwassomethingIhadtodo。Iaskedhimifhe'dwaitthereforafewmiilIreturned。Henoddedhisheadandsmiled。
Mycarflewtrocerystwithurgency，Iradtookholdofacart。Istartedoaisleanddidn'tquituheothersideofthestore。Theitems'tbepulledofftheshelvesfastenough。Justtheessentials，Ithought。Justfoodthatleofweeksandsustaintheirmeagerexisteerandjelly。Bread。edfood。Juice。Fruit。Vegetables。Dogffood（fortypou）。Aheyshouldhavesometreats，too。Afewotherhejobwasdone。
"Thetotalesto$102。91。"saidthechecker。Ididn'tbatahepeblaerthanIcouldlegiblywrite。Itdidn'tmatterthatthemewasduesoonorthatIreallydidn'thavetheextrahundreddollarstospend。Nothingmatteredbesidesseeingthatthisfamilyhadsomefood。Iwasamazedatmyowyandthemotivationthatetospendahundreddollarsonater。Yet，atthesametime，IfeltliketheluckiestpersoobeabletogivethismanandhisbelovedpanionsatinybitofsomethingofwhichIhadsomuedthefloodgatesofgratitudeinmyo>
TheithecakewasthelookonWayne'sfaIreturhallthegroceries。"Herearejustafewthings…"Isaidasthedogslookedoi。Iwaoavoidanyawkwardness，soIhastilypettedthedogs。
"Goodlucktoyou，"Isaidamyhand。
"ThankyouandGodblessyou；nowIwon'thavetosellmydogs。"Hissmileshhtlyinthedeepeningdarkness。
It'struethatpeoplearemoreplianimals，butsometimestheybeaseasytoread。Wayneerson，someonewholookedatadogandsawfamily。Inmybook，amadeservestobehappy。
Later，onmywayhome，Ipurposelydrovepastthatsameer。Wayhedoheyhavestayedftimeiandmind。PerhapsIwillrunintothemagainsomeday。Iliketothinkthatitallturhem。