Hey everyone! My name’s Charlie, and for a long time I
lived with the most amazing family ever. I had everything I needed – tasty snacks
and all the love and belly rubs a dog could ask for! But one day everything changed... It was just another ordinary day – I woke
my humans up, had breakfast, and was about to take a nap when my best friend in the world,
Jenny, said that we have to go. Yay, I guess we were up for an adventure! When I jumped to my seat in the car, I was
really excited – where were we going this time? What were we gonna do? It must be something really special! I love being in the car, so the next few minutes
were the best. Jenny turned on cool music, and I stuck my
head out to see all the buildings and trees passing by. The only thing that bothered me was that she
was on her phone the whole time. The car finally stopped, and I jumped out
to stretch my legs and run around a little. We were in the biggest most beautiful field
I'd ever seen. Oh, I get it, we were about to go for a walk,
right? But as I started sniffing around and looking
for a fun stick to play with, Jenny jumped back in the car and quickly drove away. Okay... Maybe this was a whole new level of hide-and-seek
we loved to play in the house? Or maybe it was like that movie we saw together
when one dog waited for their owner to get back every day? I assumed that was it, and I just had to wait
for Jenny to come back! Then she'd give me a treat for being a “good
boy,” as she always said, and we'd go back home! So I did what I had to do – I waited for
Jenny, watching other cars passing by. The next car would be Jenny's... Okay, not that one, but the next one had to
be hers...or not… It was getting darker, and a wild thought
popped into my head: what if Jenny wasn’t coming back? At that moment I realized that I should probably
go back home on my own, so I started walking. It was getting even darker and colder, and
I was really hungry. After some time, I came across a garbage can
and couldn't help but look inside. Somebody left a couple of hotdogs in there! They definitely didn’t smell fresh, but
I was so hungry that I gulped them up and kept walking home. All this time I couldn't help but wonder what
I’d done wrong, what were they punishing me for? I was kinda bad lately, true, but they were
always cool about that. It was starting to get really late and I was
so tired that I decided to sleep for a while. I found a dirty rug of some sort next to some
other garbage cans, got under it to keep at least a little bit warm, and fell asleep. I woke up to the sound of beeping horns. What? What was going on? Why had I fallen asleep under a rug? Anyway, it was time to wake Jenny and Michael
up! Plus, I had a weird dream last night... But as I got out from under the rug, I realized
that it wasn't a dream – this really did happen. I felt so lonely, abandoned, and hungry. I found another almost rotten snack on the
ground and decided to keep walking. I eventually got to this place with tons of
people walking by and cars everywhere. I was completely lost! Some of the humans just gave me a weird look
and walked around me, others tried to pet me – I felt so scared and overwhelmed by
the whole thing that I ran and hid in the first alley I could find! But there I faced another problem... There were two other dogs in there! They definitely didn’t seem happy to see
me. One of them slowly came closer to me and started
sniffing. “Hey, I'm just trying to find my home! I’ll just be on my way now...” “What home?” one of them said. I told them the whole story about me and Jenny. I explained how I got there and asked them
whether they saw a house like mine nearby. When I finished, the other one said, “You
know that they abandoned you, right?” “What? No they didn't! They’d never do something like that! It's just a misunderstanding. They're looking for me.” “No they're not,” the other dog chimed
in. “We've been through this too.” Turned out both of them were in the same situation. The dog who first approached me, Rocky, said
that one day his loving family just packed their bags, got in the car, and drove away,
leaving him behind just like my Jenny did. And Oscar was born in a big house along with
his brothers and sisters. He was an awkward puppy and didn't understand
everything as fast as his siblings. So before he realized what was going on, his
humans left him on the street as well. So now it was official – Jenny and Michael
really did just throw me away like a piece of garbage! To be honest, that was the most awful feeling
in the world, and these two knew exactly how I felt. How could people we loved so much betray us
like that? But we still loved our humans, still hoped
they’d come find us – we couldn’t hate them, that’s just impossible for us dogs! From that moment on, me, Rocky, and Oscar
became best friends. Every morning every single one of us went
in different directions to find something good like food or something to keep us warm
at night. We had each other’s backs, looked out for
the people with nets that tried to take us away in their big van, and stuck together
like a real team. Actually, like a family…. One of our favorite spots to check for food
was outside this little diner. Jenny and Michael sometimes went to places
like that. One day a human lady noticed me waiting in
the corner as she was throwing out some food. By that time, I had learned that, unfortunately,
not all humans are nice – some of them couldn't wait for me to get out of their space or yelled
at me to “Get!” But this lady gave me a huge smile and said
“You hungry, little guy? Wait just a sec.” Then she came back with a little plate of
the tastiest-looking piece of meat I'd ever seen! But what if it was a trap? I didn't move. She smiled again and said “You don't have
to be afraid of me. But if you're scared, I'll just leave it right
here.” As soon as she left, I ate it up in one bite,
completely forgetting about my buddies. It was the best food I’d had in weeks! Still, I found some other great snacks around
and brought them to my friends for dinner. I kept going back to that diner, and I found
out that this lady was named Alison and she was a cook there. But I still didn't wanna come closer to her. Every day she told me one fact about herself,
left food for me, and went back to her kitchen. After some time I realized that I trusted
her enough to take the food right away. She was really surprised but smiled at me
as always and pet me on the back. Then one day, she looked at me and asked “Listen,
buddy. Would you like to come live with me? You look like you really need a home.” I was so surprised, overwhelmed, and happy
at the same time, I could only lick her hand to say that I really wanted to. That day she took me to her small but cozy
apartment, and we've been best buds ever since! Alison and I live in the same neighborhood
as the alley I spent my nights in, so I sometimes see my old buddies, Rocky and Oscar. Unfortunately, they’re still out on the
streets because they haven't met their Alison yet. But they still believe that everything will
change, and they’ll eventually find someone who loves them. And I just hope that one day I'll see them
walking next to their favorite humans’ sides and looking happy again! So, what do you think about my story? Tell me in the comment section below. Don't forget to give this video a “like,”
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