My belief or thesis statement: I think humans learn a lot from our pets.

Ringo taught us many things.

Hope because when we believed that all was lost one day he appeared again.

Loyalty because despite spending so much time in the company of another person, Ringo remains faithful to us.

Forgiveness: we hold a grudge long after someone has hurt us, but Ringo always forgave us.

Unconditional love: Ringo loved us no matter what car we had, no matter what house we lived in, or no matter how difficult life got.

Ringo taught my children the love of animals.

Ringo taught my children to do something for others. They had to take out Ringo for a walk every afternoon.

My children learn to take care of another living being. With Ringo they learned to sacrifice themselves for another.

Lost

When Ringo got lost, it was a difficult time for us, but especially for my children.

Many ideas went through our heads about what could have happened to Ringo:

We think he was dead.

That a car had hit him.

That, someone, had stolen Ringo to take him to another place (farm or another city)

We thought we would never see him again.

Ringo comes to our family: six month

Ringo is lost: two years

Ringo returns home again and live with us: seven years