MELE

MELE

One day in May, my wife and I decided to get a dog who would be a good

companion and watchdog for our daughter Leilani.

and brought home a beautiful golden retriever pup.

Although this pup was only two months old, she quickly got attached to Leilani.

She was a very cute puppy and as Leilani’s babysitter, we wanted the pup to sing

beautifully to our daughter , so we named her MELE.

MELE in the Hawaiian language means song.

The pronunciation of the name Mele was easily mastered by Leilani,

and she soon was calling out to Mele whenever she went out the kitchen door.

At the end of November , we noticed that Mele's abdomen was getting bigger,

And she appeared to be pregnant, and while observing her everyday,

her abdomen and breasts got larger.

Towards the end of this pregnancy, Mele was so big and tired

that she just lulled around.

However, inspite her condition, whenever Leilani who was one year and ten months

old, was out in the yard running around , Mele was right behind her.

She followed Leilani like a mother following her child.

Then on January 4th, when the family returned from shopping,

Mele did not come out to greet us, as she always does.

We thought it strange, and called her but no matter how loud our voices,

Mele did not come.

We couldn't find her.
Suddenly it occurred to us that she could have had her puppies.

I then began looking all around the yard for her, in any place

that would be ideal for Mele and her puppies , until I heard mewing sounds .

It sounded like new born kittens or could it be Mele's puppies.

I went toward the sound and soon discovered Mele ,

under a vine covered branch of a tree, that looked like the roof of a "Lean to" .

There were Mele and her puppies .

When I counted them , one by one, I was surprised, there were ten of them.

I patted Mele’s head saying " Well done, well done."

I left Mele and her puppies, returned to the house

to share the " Good news" with my wife.

Shortly, thereafter , we heard Mele outside and went to see what she wanted.

She had brought one of the puppies , and placed it on the ground, in front of her ,

then licked and cleaned it.

Then she picked the puppy with her mouth, and went off.

Mele returned after several minutes with another puppy ,

and did the same thing again .

It appeared that Mele was bringing her puppies to show them to us .

Mele was only ten months old , and she was able to have ten puppies,

I kept thinking out loud to myself, however , the next day two of the puppies died .

Could it be that Mele was too young or the puppies were premature?

As I prepared to bury them, at the foot of our yard, I told the puppies,

" The next time you are born, be sure to be born a healthy pup."

A few days following the death of her puppies , Mele began showing signs and

symptoms of weakness, lethargy, no energy, and she had no appetite.

She continued to nurse her puppies, but without eating or drinking fluids,

she began to waste away.

We tried to get Mele to eat, and put milk in her food, made beef soup,

but it did not help.

Mele just smelled the food and walked away.

As we observed and deliberated whether to take her to the veterinarian,

a few more days passed.

A week after she had her puppies, Mele disappeared.

< to be continued >

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英語だ〜。一気に読めないので、また来ます！（笑）

ゆっくり読んでください。日本語のと少し訳がちがいます。

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あ！そう？
わかるわけねーだろ！