True Romance

犬に関する記事、詩や格言等　（日・英）

日々の中で触れる、犬に関する記事、詩や言葉、格言等、心に残ったものを記して行きたいと思います。



■北米では、新聞に独身の人達がデートの相手を探すため自分をアピールした記事を載せます。　　以下の記事はアトランタジャーナル紙に載った記事でなんともあっぱれとしか言い様が無い、感動記事です。　　Sophie“さん”はもちろん素敵な男性と出会う事ができたようです＾－。

　BEST SINGLES AD EVER WRITTEN:

This has to be one of the best singles ads ever printed. It is reported
to have been listed in The Atlanta Journal.


...SINGLE BLACK FEMALE seeks male companionship, ethnicity unimportant.
I'm a very good looking girl who LOVES to play. I love long walks in the woods, riding
in your pickup truck, hunting, camping and fishing trips, cozy winter nights lying by the fire.
Candlelight dinners will have me eating out of your hand. I'll be at the front door when you get home
from work, wearing only what nature gave me. Call (404) 875-6420 and ask for Sophie, I'll be waiting...

Over 15,000 men found themselves talking to the Atlanta Humane Society
about an 8-week-old black Labrador retriever. (Men are so easy).




■あまりにも有名な詩なのに作者はわかりません。　　神が天地創造をされた時、犬にご自分の名前を逆さにして与えた理由.....。
犬をパートナーとして迎えると、その理由がわかります＾＾。　　　



　　　　　　犬

神は地と天を創造されたとき
花や樹を造られ
それからあらゆる生き物を
そして全ての鳥や蜂を創造された。
ご自分の仕事を完成されたとき
ひとつとして同じものはなかった。
神は言われた。
「これからこの地球を歩き、
それぞれに名をつけよう。」
それから神は地を、海を、往かれた。
神がどこに往かれても
力の限りその後を付いていく
小さな生き物があり、
地のもの、空のもの、海のものすべてに
名がついたとき
その小さな生き物が言いました。
「神様、僕にはもう、名前が残っていません。」
父なる神（Ｇｏｄ）は笑ってやさしく言われた。
「お前のことは最後まで残しておいたのだ。
わたしの名前を逆さにして与えよう。
おまえの名は、Ｄｏｇ(犬）だ。」


作者不明




■Dog is God spelled backwards. That means something, I'm just sure what exactly, but human is namuh spelled backwards.....

-----Marc-Christophe



■Dogs ; God's way of showing us how to be happy.

-----Anonymous



■If you can't decide between a Shepherd, a Setter, or a Poodle, get them all.....adopt a “mutt”.

-----ASPCA



■A dog naps so much because it loves so hard.

-----Anonymous



■I used to look at my dog Smokey and think, "If you were a little smarter you could tell me what you're thinking," and he'd look at me like he was saying, "if you were a little smarter I wouldn't have to."

-----Fred Jungclaus



■Money will buy you a fine dog, but only love can make it wag its tail.

-----Richard Friedman





■The dog's diary:


7 am - Oh boy! A walk! My favorite!
8 am - Oh boy! Dog food! My favorite!
9 am - Oh boy! The kids! My favorite!
Noon - Oh boy! The yard! My favorite!
2 pm - Oh boy! A car ride! My favorite!
3 pm - Oh boy! The kids! My favorite!
4 pm - Oh boy! Playing ball! My favorite!
6 pm - Oh boy! Welcome home Mom! My favorite!
7 pm - Oh boy! Welcome home Dad! My favorite!
8 pm - Oh boy! Dog food! My favorite!
9 pm - Oh boy! Tummy rubs on the couch! My favorite!
11 pm - Oh boy! Sleeping in my people's bed! My favorite!


■The cat's diary:


Day 683 of my captivity... My captors continued to taunt me with bizarre little dangling objects. They dine lavishly on fresh meat, while I am forced to eat dry cereal. The only thing that keeps me going is the hope of escape, and the mild satisfaction I get from clawing the furniture.

Tomorrow I may eat another house plant. Today my attempt to kill my captors by weaving around their feet while they were walking almost succeeded - must try this at the top of the stairs. In an attempt to disgust and repulse these vile oppressors, I once again induced myself to vomit on their favorite chair - must try this on their bed.

Decapitated a mouse and brought them the headless body in an attempt to make them aware of what I am capable of, and to try to strike fear in their hearts. They only cooed and condescended about what a good little cat I was.

Hmmm, not working according to plan. There was some sort of gathering of their accomplices. I was placed in solitary throughout the event. However, I could hear the noise and smell the food.

More important, I overheard that my confinement was due to my powers of inducing "allergies." Must learn what this is and how to use it to my advantage.

I am convinced the other captives are flunkies and maybe snitches. The dog is routinely released and seems more than happy to return. He is obviously a half-wit. The bird, on the other hand, has got to be an informant and speaks with them regularly.

I am certain he reports my every move. Due to his current placement in the metal room, his safety is assured.
But I can wait; it is only a matter of time......





■Puppy Property Laws

If I like it, it's mine.
If it's in my mouth, it's mine.
If I can take it from you, it's mine.
If I had it a little while ago, it's mine.
If it looks just like mine, it's mine.
If I saw it first, it's mine.
If I'm chewing something up, all the pieces are mine.
If it's mine, it must never appear to be yours in any way.
If you are playing with something and you put it down, it automatically becomes mine.
If it's broken, it's yours.




■Your dog has something to tell you
(あなたの愛犬は、あなたに言いたいことがあります。）


I am your dog and I have a little something I'd like to whisper in your ear. I know that you humans lead busy lives. Some have to work, some have children to raise. It always seems like you are running here and there, often much too fast, often not noticing the truly grand things in life. Look down at me now, while you sit there at your computer. See the way my dark brown eyes look at yours? They are slightly cloudy now. That comes with age. The gray hairs are beginning to ring my soft muzzle.

（私はあなたの犬です、小さな事ですが、あなたの耳元でささやきたい事があります。　　私はあなた方人間がとても忙しい生活を強いられている事を知っています。　　ある人は働き、ある人は子供達を育てます。　　いつもせわしくて、時に忙しすぎて真の人生の素晴らしさに気づいていないんじゃないかとすら思えてしまうこともあります。　　コンピューターの前に座っている時、ちょっと下を向いて私を見てください。　　私の茶色の瞳が、どのようにあなたの目を見ているかわかりますか？　　私の目は少し曇っています。　　年齢的なものです。　　白いものも私のやわらかいマズルの周りに増えてきました。


You smile at me and I see love in your eyes. What do you see in mine? Do you see a spirit? A soul inside, who loves you as no other could in the world? A spirit that would forgive all trespasses of prior wrong doing for just a moment of your time?
What do you see?
That is all I ask. To slow down, if even for a few minutes, to be with me. So many times you have been saddened by the words you read on that screen, of others of my kind passing. Sometimes we die young and oh so quickly. Sometimes we age so slowly before your eyes that you may not even seem to know until the very end, when we look at your with grizzled muzzles and cataract clouded eyes. Still the love is always there, even when we must take that long sleep to run free in a distant land.

あなたは私に微笑みかけ、その目には私への愛が見えます。　　私の目の中には何が見えますか？　　魂が見えますか？　　世界中の誰も見せることの無い真の愛がその魂に込められているのが見えますか？　　あなたの時間のほんの少しの間じゃますることの許しを請う想いが...見えますか？　　私があなたに願うことは、ほんの数分でも少しスローダウンして私と一緒にいてくれること、ただそれだけなんです。　　あなたはそのコンピューターのスクリーン上で、たくさんの悲しい、私のような犬達の死についてのニュースを読んできましたね。　　時に私達、犬は若くして、突然、死を迎えることがあります。　　時に私達、犬は、ゆっくりと歳を取り、目が白内障で濁り、マズルが白髪に包まれたのを見て、命の終わりに近づいて、やっとあなたの目にそれが映るということもあります。　　たとえ私達犬が、自由に走り回れる遠く離れた場所へ行くために、永い眠りにつく時でさえ、愛はいつもそこに存在しています。
　　

I may not be here tomorrow. I may not be here next week. Someday you will shed the water from your eyes that humans have when deep grief fills their souls, and you will be angry at yourself that you did not have just one more day with me. Because I love you so, your sorrow touches my spirit and grieves me. We have now together. So come sit down next to me here on the floor, and look deep into my eyes. What do you see? If you look hard and deep enough we will talk, you and I, heart to heart. Come to me not as an alpha, or as a trainer, or even as mom and dad. Come to me as a living soul and stroke my fur and let us look into one another's eyes and talk. I may tell you something about the fun of chasing a tennis ball, or I may tell you something profound about myself, or even about life in general. You decided to have me in your life because you wanted a soul to share such things with. Someone very different from you; and here I am. I am a dog, but I am alive. I feel emotion, I feel physical senses, and I can revel in the differences of our spirits and souls. I do not think of you as a dog on two feet; I know what you are. You are human, in all your quirkiness, and I love you still.

明日、私はここに居ないかもしれません。　　来週には私はここには居ないかもしれません。　　いつの日か、あなたも、人間が深い悲しみを感じる時にこぼす水を目に溢れさせ、あと...あともう一日だけでも私と一緒にいられないものか、と、憤りを感じることでしょう。　　私はあなたを愛していますので、その悲しみは私の心に響き、私も悲しくなります。　　今、私達はこうして一緒にこの空間に居るわけです。　どうかこちらへ来て、私の傍に座り、私の目の奥深くを見つめてみてください。　　あなたが強く深く私の目を見れば見るほど、心と心が繋がり、十分な会話ができます。　　私のアルファとしてではなく、トレーナーとしてではなく、そして父や母としてではなく、ただ、私の傍へ来て下さい。　　真の情熱を持ってどうか私を撫でてください。　　お互いの目を見つめあいお話をしましょう。　　テニスボールで遊ぶ楽しさや私について大切なことや人生についてお話をしましょう。　　あなたはご自分の人生に、魂を共有しあう相棒を迎え入れました。　　そう、ここにこうして居る、犬である私のことです。　　あなた方人間とは全く違う動物ですが、私達犬にはあなた方と同じように、命があり、感情があり、そして私達の魂や精神は違うからこそ、その違いを大いに楽しめるわけです。　　あなたは２本足で歩く犬ではなく、あなたは...あなたはちょっぴり変わっているけれど、人間であることは重々承知しており、そしてなお、私はあなたを愛しています。　　　

Now, come sit with me on the floor. Enter my world, and let time slow down if only for 15 minutes. Look deep into my eyes and whisper into my ears. Speak with your heart and with your joy, and I will know your true self. We may not have tomorrow, and life is so very short.

さぁ、床に私と一緒に座りましょう。　　たとえ１５分でも、時間の経過をゆっくりと感じるように、私の世界へお入りください。　　私の目の奥深くを見て、耳元でささやいてください。　　あなたのハートと喜びを持って話してくだされば、私は真のあなたを知ることができます。　　私達に明日は来ないかもしれません。　　人生（犬生）とは実に、実に短いものなのです。　　　　

Love,
Your Dog

愛しています,
あなたの犬より

/Author Unknown/
（作者不詳）