Barder the Dog

Assume the dog in your story is named Barder, and that the orange turban gives him the power of flight…

Once there lived a sad, homeless German Shepherd named Barder. The family he used to live with has recently had a newborn baby girl, and that girl was scared of the big dog that always wanted to play, so unfortunately, the family dropped Barder off near the humane society, hoping someone would find him and take him home. But no one ever found Barder, and he wandered the streets all alone, eating out of garbage cans and sleeping under park benches. One day he was so fed up with his life that he decided he couldn't live with it anymore. The day had come, and when the two o'clock bus drove by the park bench, Barder ran out in front of it and killed himself. What seemed like hours later, but was only three minutes, Barder awoke in a storage white room, with a young boy standing over him. The boy explained to Barder that this was dog heaven, and here he could be granted one wish. Barder thought long and hard about his wish, and finally decided that he wanted to be able to fly, free like the birds. Like a magician, the boy began to pull a piece of orange cloth out of his sleeve and tied this cloth to his head like a turban. Then the boy climbed on top of Barder and told his to run as fast as he possibly could. Barder ran and ran, but when he looked down at his feet, he was no longer running but flying. Barder was now as happy as could be since his lifelong dream had been realized, and he and the boy lived happily ever after together.

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