Article December 20, 1999 Issue

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CHRISTMAS IS ALIVE AND WELL

By Karen Molenaar Terrell

ALL right, let's admit it, the dog was a cow chaser. She meant no harm with her cow chasing. She was a herder by nature and was only doing what was natural to her. The farmer didn't see it that way, though. He saw a stray dog that would hurt his cows by running them around the field. He wanted to protect his animals and decided the best way to do that was to get rid of her.

So Farmer John shot her. He thought she was dead and took his rifle back to the barn, leaving her lying in the field. I heard gunshots and came out to investigate. When I saw her, I realized she wasn't dead. I ran to John, and we worked out a plan for my husband and me to take charge of the dog.

John and my husband, Scott, helped load her into the back of our truck. It was Christmas Eve, and we were going to be out of town for the holidays and decided the best place for the dog to be during this time was at the veterinarian's. So Scott drove while I sat in the back of the truck with the dog and sang songs to her from the Christian Science Hymnal. One of the songs I sang has these words in it:

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