Animal Stories
A Special Christmas Nativity Scene
A Nativity Scene was set up in a church yard. During the night some folks came across this scene.
An abandoned dog looking for a comfortable, protected place to sleep, chose baby Jesus as his comfort.
No one had the heart to send him away, so he slept there all night.
Notice that the dog is a "shepherd".
Jeff and Freedom - the Man and the Eagle 
Every day at Sarvey Wildlife Center
we witness first hand the incredible battle for life
that our animal brothers and sisters go through.
This is a story of one Bald Eagle's magnificent spirit
and sheer will to live.
click here to read this heart-warming story
The Story of a dog named "Lucky"
Mary and her husband Jim had a dog named 'Lucky.' Lucky was a real character.
Whenever Mary and Jim had company come for a weekend visit they would warn
their friends to not leave their luggage open because Lucky would help himself to
whatever struck his fancy. Inevitably, someone would forget and something would
come up missing.
Mary or Jim would go to Lucky's toy box in the basement and there the treasure
would be, amid all of Lucky's other favorite toys. Lucky always stashed his finds
in his toy box and he was very particular that his toys stay in the box.
It happened that Mary found out she had breast cancer. Something told her she
was going to die of this disease....in fact, she was just sure it was fatal.
She scheduled the double mastectomy, fear riding her shoulders. The night
before she was to go to the hospital she cuddled with Lucky. A thought struck her...
what would happen to Lucky? Although the three-year-old dog liked Jim, he was
Mary's dog through and through. If I die, Lucky will be abandoned, Mary thought.
He won't understand that I didn't want to leave him. The thought made her sadder
than thinking of her own death.
The double mastectomy was harder on Mary than her doctors had anticipated and
Mary was hospitalized for over two weeks. Jim took Lucky for his evening walk
faithfully, but the little dog just drooped, whining and miserable.
Finally the day came for Mary to leave the hospital. When she arrived home, Mary
was so exhausted she couldn't even make it up the steps to her bedroom. Jim
made his wife comfortable on the couch and left her to nap. Lucky stood watching
Mary but he didn't come to her when she called. It made Mary sad but sleep soon
overcame her and she dozed.
When Mary woke, for a second she couldn't understand what was wrong. She
couldn't move her head and her body felt heavy and hot. But panic soon gave way
to laughter when Mary realized the problem. She was covered, literally blanketed,
with every treasure Lucky owned! While she had slept, the sorrowing dog had
made trip after trip to the basement bringing his beloved mistress all his favorite
things in life. He had covered her with his love.
Mary forgot about dying. Instead she and Lucky began living again, walking further
and further together every day. It's been 12 years now and Mary is still cancer-free.
Lucky? He still steals treasures and stashes them in his toy box but Mary remains
his greatest treasure.
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