1. My First Love-My First Pet
LOVE. A single word with millions of definitions. A simple four
lettered word, yet so difficult to be explained by mere combination of
words. Everyone has their own perception of love. For some, love is
romantic candlelight dinners, long drives, a long walk down an empty
street,etc. On the other hand, there are some who believe in the idea
of materialistic love, the ones who are obsessively focussed on
money. The ambiguity always accompanies when it comes to
expound love. It can be a romantic love or a more realistic one. It
becomes even more magical when the word FIRST is attached to it….
FIRST LOVE.
My first love was even more special than what most of the people go
through. Love at first sight seems to be so flimsy until and unless we
ourselves have experienced it. Even I remained on the side of non-
believers of this little thing called FIRST LOVE, until my dad bought
me a German Shepherd Puppy on my 16th birthday. And then, the
cute little fur ball did the magic trick on me.. And I fell in love with
his sparkling eyes. The eyes through which peeked the virtuous and
sinless soul of his. Full with the innocence which was nowhere to be
found in anyone of my own species. In that voiceless stuffed animal I
found the best of my comrade. Though I was always dismayed by the
fact that he can’t reciprocate my love in words, he always found ways
to tell me that “yeah! I love you too.” His silly little things spoke
much more than the words can say. Being an introvert, I never had
anyone whom I could actually call a ‘friend’. And after Bruno (yeah,
that’s what I named him) came into my life, I never felt the need of
anyone!
My love for him changed me from a self-centred person to a die-hard
animal lover. Truly said, “Love can change everything.” My heart
was suffused with the love for these naïve and guiltless creation of
God. Though my adoration for animals was always looked down upon

2. by many people, I always wondered how anyone can stop themselves
from petting the mushy cute little faces of these animals. These
faultless beings with no ulterior motives in their minds are so
irresistible that hardly can anyone stop himself from doing even a
slightest act of kindness to them. And it’s not a one way process!
They too pay us back the million fold of love we are showering on
them. They grant us the acceptance which we should be giving
ourselves. The acceptance and affection I received from Bruno made
me even fonder of him.
But it’s the law of nature, what has taken birth today will happen to
die sometime. But I never had any idea that the time would come so
soon. Just 5 years later, I lost the only friend I have. He departed this
world to bestow his love in the heaven, But I was left with a void in
my life which could never be filled by any person or a thing. How
strange it is! Isn’t it? A muted living creature provided me with the
comfort I was searching here and the. A comfort which should have
been dispensed by my own fellow beings(the ones belonging to the
most superior species,Homo Sapiens).Although I lost my First Love
way too soon, but that didn’t alter my love for animals in any way.
Since that day, every time I did my bit for any stray and homeless
animal, I supposed I communicated my love to my deceased comrade.