From the moment I saw the dog, I was moved. The sleek simplicity of the red airplane, moving through the blue sky- such beauty has never before been known to me. My ears rang with the sweet melody of this majestic creature’s “ba”. It was like a veil was removed from my eyes. Everything made sense. My heart fluttered watching this dog be approached by another, riding upon a cloud like some heavenly messenger. Was this an angel, come to take my beloved airplane-operating beast away to a well-deserved paradise? But the dog- dog of wisdom- HIS words resonated in me even more than the first dog’s. I was brought back to my childhood, watching my dying parent’s brother’s son’s mother’s father. He had spoken these words of wisdom to me too, long ago. Hearing them again, spoken by this magnificent messenger, brought tears to my eyes. I couldn’t resist pressing my elbow to the screen, hoping to feel his elbow meet mine like it had when he passed, and though the video offered me no warmth of a physical touch, the knock-knock joke brought me back to the present. These wonderful dogs, singing a succulent farewell to me, “ba-wawa-ba-ba”… truly they changed me. I have turned my life around. I no longer kidnap woodchips from the playground or leave half-eaten bags of zucchini in the microwave. I am a changed woman. This video has become central to my well-being. I look forward to watching it on loop every day after school as I block out the screams in my head. My parents have tried taking it away, yes, calling it an “addiction” and “strange” but they learned their lesson. This video is everything. The dogs are everything- my everything. Nothing will drag me kicking and screaming from the dogs in the sky. Dogs are life. Dogs are love. ALL HAIL THE DOGS. COME TO THE SKY. SEE THE DOGS. KNOW THE GOOD WISDOM.

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