EBEN, A DOG WHO SAVED A CHILD FROM DANGER INTRODUCTION
This story could be true or invented, this would not change the fact that Eben's story is very current, as we hear about these topics in the daily news. I don't want to anticipate anything about the story, I just want you to understand that an animal always knows that its instinct is right, it's us humans, who often don't understand their language, especially when there is danger. This is an example of what could happen to a normal family at any time in their lives. Enjoy the reading.
FIRST PART Anna and Ted, they really wanted to have a baby, every day in their mind, this thought never left them, a child who brought so much happiness, after a long time, so they would finally be a family. Ted had a dog, Eben, even before marrying Anna, he was his undisputed best friend, a big but good dog that Anna had welcomed into their home with so much love after they got married. Their life was almost complete, missing this last piece: a son. They had tried several times, but their wish had not come true. Eben was a very good and calm dog and his masters, working, left him in the house for the whole day. Guarded the house and waited for his little masters to come home in the evening. He guarded the house and waited for his little masters to return in the evening. One morning, Anna got out of bed and felt that this was not a day like any other; in fact, in the afternoon they would have had an appointment with the gynecologist, but she didn't understand why, she felt so strange, something told her to be happy, but there was a point of apprehension, who knows why?
SECOND PART The afternoon came, Anna and Ted went to the doctor's office. They looked at the road, that journey never ended, the thought of one bad news made them feel bad, they would not accept a defeat again, but the trust was greater, and Ted, looking Anna in the eyes, smiled, as if to tell her: "We'll make it!". Once they arrived at the studio, the nurse made them sit on armchairs, and they waited their turn there. Nervousness was skyrocketing, at one point the gynecologist called their names, they jumped up like springs, and entered the study. The doctor sat down, and started looking at the reports. Ted and Anna looked at his face to catch the hint of a smile or not, and with great amazement, the gynecologist announced to Anna and Ted, that they would become parents of a beautiful boy, or girl. Finally! This was the news they've been waiting for! The doctor spoke, but the two of them were excited, they wanted to shout to everyone that they had made it, their dream had come true. Happy they ran home to celebrate the event, even with relatives and friends. There were big parties, and Anna's eyes sparkled every time someone told her that she was going to be a mother. But in the following days, they noticed that Eben, their dog, was behaving very strangely, occasionally barking at Anna's belly, as if he felt that there was someone in there to protect. Anna went back to the gynecologist to have an ultrasound, it was now in her fourth month and she wanted to know if her baby was a boy or a girl. She entered the visiting room, and lay down ready for the echo, the doctor ran that knob over her belly, taking pictures; then, curious, she asked if
the sex of the child could be seen, he replied: “She is a beautiful baby". There was a moment of silence, and then Anna started to cry. She didn't know why she was crying, but knowing that a girl would be born was even more emotional and beautiful.
PART THREE Life went frenetic, for the preparations of the imminent birth, but in all this happiness, something was not right, Eben was getting more and more insistent, in barking at Anna's belly. This, to them, seemed very strange, the dog had always been very good, he had never given problems, why was he behaving like this? It was starting to get annoying. The months went by, Anna felt more and more tired from the pregnancy, but also stressed by Eben's behavior, who continued undaunted to bark annoying her, so much so that, one day, she reluctantly asked Ted to be able to take him to a kennel, until the baby was born. At the Anna's request, Ted disagrees, the thought of taking his Eben to a kennel, as if they had abandoned him, no, he couldn't do that, on the other hand, he did not understand why Eben acted like this. She gets an idea, she takes him to the vet. All the analyzes of the case were made there, not noticing any negative effects in the dog. "Then why is he acting like this?" said Ted. The vet formulated a hypothesis: it was probable that Eben he was a little jealous of the baby on the way, and that his behavior, however, would end with her birth. Heartened, Ted returned home and explained to Anna what the vet had told him, adding that she had to be patient with Eben. So the days went by, Anna, it grew bigger and bigger and the dog kept barking every now and then at the belly, bigger and bigger, she closed her ears, with her hands, so as not to hear, and went on with life. Finally, one night, Anna started to feel pains in her belly, she woke up Ted and told him that the time had come. Ted, very agitated, loaded her into the car and ran to the hospital. Once there, Anna was taken to the delivery room, and Ted was asked if he would like to participate in the delivery, he said no, he would wait in the waiting room, he would not show up, it was better, for not to cause problems. The baby is born, it's a beautiful baby, no problem, at which point they let Ted in and he saw their baby in his wife's lap, the baby was girl, a beautiful baby, no problem, at which point they let Ted in and he saw their baby in his wife's lap, it was an emotional moment, Anna exhausted, she looked at Ted with two eyes in love, she had never felt so much happiness in her life. Once the conventional days had passed, Anna returned home happy on one side, but very nervous on the other, because now she was the one who had to look after the child, but surely she would not have been alone. With two very happy parents for her birth, Eben however, was not, in fact he kept barking, close to the baby girl, without ever leaving his cradle, especially at night. He was always close to her, with his head on the cradle, and he didn't move from there. Anna and Ted were desperate, they couldn't understand why Eben had this attitude towards the baby girl. So, desperate, they asked a friend of Anna's, Loren, if she could stay with the child, to
protect her from any attitudes by Eben. Loren accepted and so he did. The two had recently become friends, they had met at the gynecologist and had exchanged problems, Loren was also unable to have children. Morning came to cure the child, and Eben began to bark at her, so loud, that she had to call Anna at work, telling her, that it was impossible to stay there with Eben, who was barking very loudly. Anna went home, thanking Loren for having tried. In the evening she explained what had happened to Ted, and he was appalled at what the dog had done.
FOURTH PART After what happened the day before with Loren, Ted, seeing that they couldn't use the babysitter, put a camera system in the baby girl's bedroom, also because he still didn't understand the reason for his dog's behavior, he was curious to see what was causing Eben to bark so intensely, especially at night. After a few days, Ted took the camera to see the recording, and to his amazement he noticed that there was nothing, not even an imagine. Amazed by this, he thought it was a breakdown, so he took the car to where he had bought it, but the shopkeeper told him that the camera worked perfectly. Ted asked why no images were recorded and he replied that it was logical,
someone had deleted the images. Who? Who Ted wondered. But no, the shopkeeper was wrong, who could have deleted those images, no one had entered his house! The right thing to do, to solve this puzzle was, put another video camera, and hide it in the daughter's bedroom, without telling anyone. In the evening, as usual, Eben barked in front of the baby's crib, waking everyone up, but they were used to it by now, so they went back to sleep. The next day Ted, at work, remembered that he had to look at the hidden camera images, and when he finally got to look at them, he was appalled. That's what it was! All that time and no one had noticed, and there he finally understood why Eben had been barking for all those months. Ted showed the pictures to Anna, who was horrified and remembered that days ago, the window had been broken by someone. The images showed Anna's friend, Loren, who by picking the lock of the bedroom, would have approached her daughter, picking her up, holding her morbidly, while Eben barked loudly at her. Horrified by those images, they immediately called the police, to which the spouses they explained what had happened. The policeman immediately did some research and, through the mugshots, he recognized Loren, who was not called Loren, but registered with the police under several names, a wanted offender, who kidnapped children and then sold them to criminal organizations. She herself would have been part of an organization that the police had been keeping an eye on for some time. Loren was arrested, charged with child molestation and child trafficking, and parts of her organization were, too. Anna and Ted still didn't believe it had happened, and they suddenly remembered that Eben barked, only when Loren was present in the house; how stupid not to have put these two things in relation! No one thought about it, Anna the day after Loren had been there babysitting, had told her about the video camera Ted had put in the bedroom, that's who deleted the pictures! No one had seen, they had never investigated thoroughly, why the dog barked at certain times, and at certain times not. But now, finally, it was all sorted out, thanks largely to Eben, who now he had stopped barking.
The end
Table of Content
INTRODUCTION................................................................................................................................................1 FIRST PART........................................................................................................................................................1 SECOND PART...................................................................................................................................................1 PART THREE......................................................................................................................................................2 FOURTH PART...................................................................................................................................................3
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