Chapter 24 12

12 "Mom? Where's Sayu?" "In the backyard." "No, not here." "Of course it is, dear, don't be silly." "Mom, it's not there! It's gone." terrible time.Those painful, depressing days.The Burnaby family will never forget.Shout, cry Sayu!Sayu!Fantasized that anytime Sayu might show up at the door, gasping for breath and regretful, eagerly awaiting a hug.They searched for Sayo all over the block, in parks, along railroad tracks, in stinking gutters, and alleyways, peering desperately into neighbors' yards, ringing doorbells, stopping passers-by on sidewalks, begging you to see Is my dog ​​lost?His name is Sayu, he is a mix of English spaniel and Beagle hound, puppy, four years old, very friendly, but he will be shy when he meets strangers, he will not bite, but he will bark when he is nervous, he breaks free from the rope and runs away up.We thought he must have lost his way and we showed the photo of Sayu to passers-by, to us it was beautiful, but strangers would think it was just a buff puppy, no different from any other dog, see It will be forgotten.His name is Sayu, we love him and hope he comes back, if you see him please call, here is our number.Our voices were hoarse and our eyes were red from crying.

Even Aria was crying, afraid of losing Sayu.In this sad, bad time, it seemed that Aaliyah was no longer trying to control her tears. Alia, panicked and pale!Grief, shock, a weird look on Mom's face, her dry red hair hanging out in a mess.Holding the phone, she raised her voice, almost begging.We never see mom in this state, kind of scared of her.This fear mingled with the fear that Sayu would disappear and never return.We never realized how much we love this bubbly puppy, and now that love hurts us like acid eats into our flesh. Alia's piano student rang the front doorbell and one of us answered the door, explaining that Mom wasn't feeling well, she was in bed with a headache, she asked to practice what she learned last week, see you guys next week, she was sorry.

terrible time.Sayu was missing for less than a day in the beginning, and now he has been missing for a day and a night (except that none of us can sleep at night, we guard the front porch and believe that Sayu will wander back at night, and he will look like he is hungry) In the end Sayu disappeared for 48 hours, and our tears were dried up, or almost.We walked out of the house and searched in circles. We found Veterans Road, the high school, the hospital, crossed 16th Street, and came to a place with a pungent citrus smell that was stronger than salty tears. Sting eyes.Sayu!Sayu!Where are you?What's wrong with you, please come back.

Nobody wondered whose puppy Sayu had been.who brings it into our lives.No one will tell the truth. We shyly went from house to house ringing doorbells.Show them that crumpled photo again.Disturbing the woman cleaning the house, feeding the children, watching TV.A stranger's dog ran towards us, sniffing at our outstretched hands.Sayu!Take us to Sayo. Among the children, Juliet cried the most.Very helpless, hopeless, her teenage heart is broken. "My dear, don't cry. Crying won't help. It will only make everyone feel more uncomfortable. If crying is useful, Sayu has returned now."

It was Aaliyah who was trying bravely to put on a calm face.Alia, it's mom.She was the unshirkable leader of the family, which stood on a run-down row of houses in a mostly abandoned Baltic neighborhood.Oh Aaliyah wanted to be brave and strong and be a good example to the kids during this anxious time. One of us found her fully clothed on the bed.His thin, pale arms hid his face.She said slowly and somewhat hesitantly that she didn't know what was wrong with her, she was so tired she could barely hold her head up.I don't want to live if Sayu doesn't come back. Later, Aaliyah denied saying anything like that.

Aaliyah later denied that she was hysterical at that time. Her children found some neighbors to be very kind to them.In fact, most of the neighbors.And strangers. Come in, sit down, it doesn't bother us at all, we can understand the loss of a beloved pet.Is this the dog?Cute dog.Sa-yo?The name is very special, foreign name?Haven't seen it, but we'll be watching, and I'll take your phone numbers down, and of course I can't be of much help, can I? An elderly woman on Ferry Street leads us to her grassy backyard of matted heather and overgrown sweet peas, and the graves of all her lost pets.Bobo, Blob, Snowball, Reddy.In front of each grave was a birch headstone with their names branded on it, which had been inscribed with her son's pyrograph.When Reddy died she didn't think she wanted another pet anymore, it was a beautiful long-haired tortoise shell that had shrunk in half after 17 years and we were all miserable when they left.But this is my secluded place, and we live in peace.

We ran home, but Sayo was still nowhere to be found. Alia was still lying on the bed.Her eyes were wide open, empty. Chandler was starting to feel scared.Now it's time for Chandler to call 911.Hey?My mom-mum isn't feeling well.I think Mom-Mom needs help. Juliet snuggled up to her mother, who was breathing heavily with her mouth open.Juliet, as a child at the age of four, loved leaning against her mother, putting her soft arms around her.She closed her eyes, sucked her finger, and pretended to take a lunch break with her mother like it was a long time ago. And Royall, why did he slam the door and run downstairs, the door pinched the pinky finger of his left hand, making him scream, moan, and wail, why did Royall think it was him who lost Sayu Did Royalle carelessly tie him to the clothesline in the back yard?It's all your fault Ariah yelling at Royall, the last you saw it, I will never forgive you, I want you to go and never see you again.

Sayo returned the next morning. After running out for three days, we will never know where it went.We are almost dizzy with happiness!I heard Sayu screaming nervously, it was an intermittent cry that was new to him, and when one of us stroked his ear, he turned around to bite his hand, which he never did and never did before This has been done, so everyone can't help thinking that this is not Sayu, but an unknown dog.However, Sayu was back to normal after a while, whimpering lovingly and desperately licking our faces and hands.We took turns picking up the squirmy dog ​​and kissing its flat, flat nose.Even the dazed Aaliyah was slowly recovering, trying to open a can of dog food but her hands were shaking so badly that Chandler had to take over and open it for her.Fill the red plastic dish it holds water with with fresh water.Its hair was knotted and dirty, and its eagerly wagging tail was stiff with burdock.It smelled of sewer and seemed to be rolling in the garbage. Alia insisted that we give it a bath to wash off the smell of death. We washed it, took the laundry tub from the basement to the kitchen, and shampooed it. When he was shampooing, we found his foot pads, although hard as bone, had burn marks, he seemed to have wandered in chemical waste, at first he whimpered as soon as we touched him , shrank suddenly, we were afraid of being bitten by it.But after a while, it slowly calmed down and put its paws in mild soapy water. We gently carried Sayu, who was dripping all over his body, out of the basin and put him on the floor covered with newspapers. Next to it, wrapping it in a big beach towel, Sayu gratefully licked our hands again, especially Alia's hand, and after a few seconds, it fell asleep peacefully, after a hard day's work Sleep is exhausting sleep; it is lying on its side, its beautiful hair is wet and its bones are exposed, and in its sleep, it trembles and whimpers, as if it has lost consciousness.

Sayu came back to us in this way.Aaliyah claims she's not too worried.She laughed and reprimanded us. "Boys! I told you the goddamn dog will come back. It just goes out for a walk and comes back. If it doesn't come it's no big deal. It's just a mongrel. Won't live forever Caring for a pet is like throwing money down a mouse hole, and you guys better understand that life will break your heart, and the next time it will come true, it might get hit by a car, it might eat poison itself, or It's drowning in the swamp, I don't want you silly kids yelling and clinging to your mothers, I can't hear you, I warn you.