(Based on a true story.)
Onyah and Sasha were pals. They lived with their people parents at their houses in the woods.
Onyah would run and play with Sasha like a puppy because, well, Onyah WAS a puppy.
“Be careful,” Sasha would say, because she was older and wiser, “or one day you’ll run and play right into trouble.”
“You silly worry wart,” Onyah would say. “Don’t you worry about me.”
One day in winter when the sun was shining but snow was on the ground, Mama Red let Onyah outside, and the little puppy went running in the woods near their home. She found a pond that was covered with ice.
Onyah walked on the ice and said, “Whee! It’s slippery!!” And she ran and slid on the ice, crying, “Wheeeee!”
But all of a sudden, the ice went CRACK!
And Onyah went SPLASH! into a hole full of cold cold water.
Onyah tried to climb out, but her little paws weren’t strong enough, and all she could do was put her paws on the edge of the ice and cry.
“On-yah! Come inside now!” Mama Red called from the house. “Where are you?”
Just then Sasha and her humans, Jim and Heidi, were taking a walk along the road. Mama Red came out to see them.
“Have you seen Onyah? She didn’t come when I called, and I’m worried,” Mama Red said.
“Oh dear,” said Heidi. “Let’s go look for her.”
After a few minutes, Sasha heard cries from somewhere and ran up a little hill.
“What is it, Sasha?” Jim said. “What do you see over the hill?”
He walked up behind Sasha and saw Onyah’s sad little face with her paws hanging onto the ice.
“Oh my!” Jim said, and he ran over, stretched himself out on the ice, and grabbed Onyah’s little paws.
He pulled her gently out of the water and hugged her tight, to warm her back up.
“What a good girl Sasha is!” said Mama Red. “And what a sassy dog you are, Onyah!”
They took both dogs home and laid them next to the fire.
“I told you,” Sasha scolded Onyah. “One day you were going to run right into trouble, and today was the day.”
“You were right,” Onyah said sadly. “I will be careful from now on.”
“That’s good,” Sasha said. “After all, my humans and I may not always be there to save you.”
“But you did save me!” Onyah cried. “Oh, Sasha, we will always be pals!”
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