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“Animals are such agreeable friends;

They ask no questions,

They pass no criticisms.”

George Eliot

This is the tale of a heroic male dog

And the tale of a frightened female cat

He has been protecting her with his life

There is absolutely no doubt about that

These two bonded ‘left behind’ animals

Were recently discovered in New Orleans

After having spent many months together

On desolate neighborhood streets quite mean

This dog has been leading this tiny feline to food

He has been guarding her from dangers of all kind

He’s been her Knight in Furry Armor and her Hero

His charge is a very terrified creature - that is blind

It took the people who found these two bonded pets

A long time to convince this dog his charge was safe

He was willing to die defending his blind feline friend

And I wonder how many of us would have been as brave

It is not yet known by rescuers at this point in time

If this dog and this cat had lived with the same human

Or if this Knight in Furry Armor had actually adopted her

After finding her hiding in fear from packs of dogs and men

A national search effort has just now been initiated and launched

To find the owner or owners of these two incredible ‘left behinds’

Regardless of the outcome of this search they should remain together

This Heroic Knight in Furry Armor and His Tiny Sweet Maiden Blind

©2006, Ed Kostro

In all my years of observing earth’s diverse creatures

I’ve found enormous compassion among its many animals

And I very sadly believe that they very often put us to shame

 Yet we humans are supposed to be the caretakers of them all