Small Puppy

Sulad Alejandro "Jhun" Cardeinte

A nature and pet lover family invited me for a walk at “Lumpini Park” the most known and biggest park in Bangkok. Everyone was excited as we were heading to the park. The smiling 8 years old Luisa(not real name) brought her cute puppy with her. We went straight inside the guarded park after we stepped off from the taxi.

But as we walked about 200 meters, we realized that no one is allowed to bring dog at the park. The two guards at the gate did not notice the small girl Luisa carrying the small puppy with her. And so we were admitted. We passed by several public sign boards at the park that no dogs are really allowed.

And so Luisa’s mom said we should go back home before the roaming guards would send us outside. But pet lover Luisa fight for her cute puppy. She said “no” and tried to insist that she only brings puppy with her and not dog. But as we kept on walking, we realized that there is no such thing as puppy in Thai language and it belongs to one name “ma.” No matter how small or big it is!

But we can’t let the puppy go. Luisa loves the puppy so much that we decided to help her carry it wherever we go and trying to hide it whenever we saw a roaming guard. As were walking through, Luisa understands the situation and promised her mom not to bring the puppy anymore next time. It was a bad experience that I was physically and mentally involved and affected! Our planned to enjoy and get refresh at the park was ruin just to save the small puppy.

When it began to dark, we decided to go home. Many strict guards were guarding at the gate but fortunately they all stayed in one place and we easily outsmarted them and were so happy to make our way out from the park without their knowledge. Then we ate outside and enjoy at the small restaurant with the cute puppy!

Then finally we waited for the cheaper public bus, hoping we could save some money. It seemed that we were waiting for the last bus since we waited for more than 30 minutes. But finally it arrived and we happily hop in right away.

Unfortunately, we were not aware that people bringing animals are not allowed to ride the bus. When the unforgiving conductress saw the puppy with us, she was so upset and asked the driver to stop and with all her authority ordered us all to step out right away from the bus in the presence of many passengers! To avoid more embarrassment, we stepped out right away just because of a small puppy. Still in the feeling of shame and humiliation, we decided to ride the expensive taxi.

Do you have small puppy in your spiritual life? The silly things that you love most that is so hard to give up. Ask God on how to surrender your small puppy-sin. Christians who won’t give up their small puppies will be put to shame in the judgment day.