Finding Ferdie…

By the local correspondent Inaya Sinha

I think you have all known me long enough to know what my biggest dream is, but if you don’t then you’ll soon find out! Have you ever found somebody who you can talk to about anything or who loves no matter what you do? Well, on 12th August 2022 I found someone just like that.

On that night, my mother was traveling for work and my father had gone to pick her up from the airport. At 10:00 pm at night a bell rings, first I saw Mamma holding her sari in such a way that she was covering something. At first, I thought is was a stuffed animal but when she turned! I saw a puppy! For the first 5 seconds I was still thinking it was a toy, until it moved! Mamma put him down on the floor and he sniffed each and every corner of the house. I couldn’t believe it! I had wanted a puppy for 5 years of my life and I finally had one!

We decided to name him Ferdinand after the story of Ferdinand the bull who was different, Ferdie for short. In fact, even my mother wasn’t aware, she had come back from Bangalore with one of her colleagues to find a puppy in the car! My father had found a crib of mine from when I was young and used that as Ferdie’s bed for the first few weeks. On the first night, he wasn’t feeling sleepy so he woke me up at 5:00 am to play with him. He was very trusting towards us and didn’t take long to get used to us and understand that we were nice people.

Unlike our expectations, he is a very quiet dog and isn't aggressive when it came to his food. He is always very gentle and never hurt us on purpose. He always wants to play and is very eager to make friends - in humans and in dogs. He's the best little brother I could ask for. I have only known him for a year, yet I feel like my whole world goes around him. Ferdie has changed my life completely and forever.