Ruffy- The Pog of A Thousand Names

I call him pog (meaning pig and dog). But you can call him anything. I rate him among the greatest and most human of humans. A bounding, furry, golden, tiny, little ball of puppy scurrying under the useless barrier which kept him from the object of his fury- the carpet. If I have any memory that I can see with complete clarity, it is this one. The clever little animal, Ruffy, is now an adult golden retriever, but I will always see him with the blind eyes of one who loves a puppy.

-n.k. murali.