Tales of a Traveling Pup

(The following passage has been translated from Canine to English for your reading convenience.)

Dear diary,

The last few days have been the saddest of my life. Yesterday they took Mama and Papa away. Papa tried to fight them, but there were too many. After they took them away, they burned down the house and brought me and my sisters to an orphanage. I tried to get my siblings to run away with me, but they would not leave without Mama and Papa. They are too young to understand.

This morning, I boarded a ship going far away. I do not know where it is going, but I know that it will be safer than it is back in the Fatherland. I can hear the crew walking around on the deck above me. If they find me, they are sure to throw me into the sea. I have to stay quiet.

I do not think I will ever see my family again, and it makes me sad. I miss them all so much. The only things I have to remember them by are the quilt Mama made for me when I was little and Papa's flask of ale. He always promised he would let me try some one day. I never imagined that day would be like this.

-Scuff