Runts

For some time now in a small farm, the farmer was selling puppies just several weeks after his dog gave birth to them. The puppies were placed in a box outside of his market where he sells his produce. One day, a family drove to the market to buy some bell peppers. It was a family of three: a mom, a dad and a son that was about eight or nine. While his parents were shopping, the boy got bored and wandered around the small, tented area. He soon found the box of puppies.

                                                                       "Oh my gosh! Puppies!" the boy yelped with joy.

                                                                                                                                                The farmer found the boy laughing and ruffling the puppies' hair and told him, "These puppies are free, you know."

                                                                                                                                                        "Oh boy! Are they?" The boy asked the farmer with excitement.

                                                                                         "They sure are. which one do you want?"

                                                                                                                                                       The boy quickly scooped up a puppy from a box, which looked like it had a broken leg. "I want this one!"

                                                                                                                                                  "Oh no, you don't want that one, boy. that one is a runt. It's leg has been broken like that ever since it was born. You wouldn't be able to give it walks or play ball with it."

                                                                              The boy set the puppy back in the box and pulled up both of his pant legs. The boy's legs have leg braces on them. "I'm guessing we're both runts, then," he said.

                                                                                                                                                                 The farmer doesn't know what to say. He called for the parents and talked about the puppy and about how it was born with a disabled leg. The parents then told him how the boy was also born with disabled legs. In the end, the family ended up with bell peppers to make stuffed bell peppers with and a new, special friend.