Chapter 20: Open House

Weeks passed. The kennels that used to be full were one-by-one being vacated. Every day, Luis and his companions would usher the dogs to the mini dog park or the play area where all the visitors looking for a pet to adopt were entertained.

For a while, Polly sat in his kennel watching the dogs around him be fetched. Some of them would return by end of the day but some never managed to come back.

“Oh, Willy is so lucky he got adopted today.” Polly overheard a dog say.

“I am not surprised. He really is a handsome black dog.” another said.

“We’ll have our day. Good luck to us tomorrow.”

“Yeah! Good luck!”

That brief conversation answered the questions that had been in his mind all along and he wondered whether he would have the chance to be considered for adoption just like the others. Every day, he would hear Luis say he was not ready. His skin had impr