Jock

They came from the far

corners of the world:

Europe, Australia, America.

Alldrawn by the lure of

gold,discovered in the hills

ofSouthAfricawhere big

gameroamed intheir thousands

and thewildesttales were true.

You get him, you get him champ!

Yes! Yes, you win!

Pull! Pull champ!

Into thatworld was

born alitter of puppies.

"Shorty you don'tthink you'regonna Shorty

you don'tthink you'regonna win do you?"

And one ofthese pups

stood out from the others,

not by size,because he was the

smallest, and not bybeauty either,

because he was an odd

lookinglittle fellow.

You'rereally silly.

Hestood outbecause of his heart.

His was the biggest, the

bravestheart in all of Africa.

Soyoung and you think

you've got all the answers!

If only life were that simple.

Before our time, man lived

inharmony with animals.

Wecouldcommunicate and

understand one another.

But manwanted more; Man

wanted control.

Youanimals will pay the price.

I was on my own for thefirst time,

and I was in no wayprepared for an

adventure such as this. But I was lucky.

I had as my driver

andguide Jim Makokel.

Jim was aproud Zulu warrior.

Come On. It's for us.

- Hey! Get away!

- It's him!

What do you mean? It's the

runt. We need the champion!

Don't look at the size! It's

what's in here... And here!

He was asbrave and as

reckless as the day was long.

Jim'saffection for the dog,puzzled me,

I didn'tunderstand why because

he was thesmallest of the litter.

The pup'smothershared a

specialaffnity with the

littlefellow too.

What's a runt mom?

Oh,where did you hear that?

They weretalkingabout me.

It justmeans you're small.

It's not how big you are on the

outside. It's how big you are in here.

Yourfather was the smallest. The

othersteased him,called him the runt.

Hebecame thebravest and best of all.

Justbelieve inyourself and

no one can make you feel small.

I'll try.

There's my bigbrave boy!

What is it?

You'regoing with Fitz and Jim.

What do you mean?

Wetalkedabout this. They're

leaving in the morning.

So I'm not going.

I don't want you to go,

but it'ssomething we all have to do.

I left mymother and went with Baba,

now it's time for you toleave and

go with Fitz. It's allapart of life.

You justwanna get rid

of me cuz I'm small.

No! Babachose youfirst overall

yourbrothers and sisters.

It's an honour.Pezulu isgoing too,

he'llwatch out for you.

Yeah! I'll take care of you

little buddy. It'll be fun.

We'll see the world! Have

adventures! Get tattoos!

Pezulu!

Oh, you're in good hands

puppy. Well actually,

they're wings. Well theykinda look

more like claws, but don't worry;

They don't hurt. They're just feathers!

In fact I can'treally pickanything up with them

at all, Iusually have to use my feet to grab things...

and ah... well I er... uhoh,

what were wetalking about?

Take care of him Pezulu. He

doesn'tunderstand man yet.

Oh well now don't you

worry none. He'll be fine.

Fitz is a good man.Trying to

find his way in the world...

Clumsy as athree legged

warthog, but hemeans well.

He'll need you.

Come on, I'll introduce

ya. He'sgonna love you.

Iwanna stay with you.

I'llalways love you, but it's

time for you to live your life.

Besides I'll see you in a few months

at Baba'skraal in the mountains.

Come.

Now don't you worry! You're

going to see all sorts

of new things, it'sgonna be fun.

Hey, you like hens?

It's hard toimagine what it must

of felt like for thatlittle pup.

He wasbeingforced totrade everything

heloved forsomethingcompletely unknown.

- So you'retaking the puppy?

- Yebo Baba

You havechosen well.

Baba hasgiven you... the champion!

Thank you!Where is he?

This isn't the champion. It's the runt!

Awithandi. Baba sees it. I see it...

...and so will you.

Hey Pezulu! Look at me!

Hey! He's got the Puppy!

He's got the puppy! Puppy!

Ow! Hey!

Let me go!

I didn't see thepoint in chasing

after him. Howcould he survive?

Put me down!

They say that when ananimalfinds itself

in theclutches of alarge predator...

they will give up and surrender.

I'm notscared of you!

Bully!

Thislittlepuppy was different.

He didn'tunderstand themeaning of

surrender and he was notgoing to give up.

Mom? Mom? Mom?

Whats that in yourmouth you

dirty scavenger? Well never,

where'd you come from?

What are wegonna do with this Snarly?

Won'tsurvive out here.

Might as well put him

out of hismisery now.

Leave me alone! Get off!

Now what are yougonna do?

Savage dog!

Mad Zulu, where'd he come from?

Ha. Well that is amazing. We've

beensearching for him everywhere!

How'd you get away from that eagle?

You've been running

aroundlooking for this?

Yes. I'm Fitz.

Good to meet you Fritz.

Howabout a cuppa?

It'llknock yoursocks off.

Ah no, thanks. You're a hunter?

What's the fuss over thislittle Mutt?

Thislittlefellow just

escaped aMartial Eagle!

Yeah? Is he your dog.

Jim was right.There was something

specialabout thislittle dog.

And I knew that he wasmeant for me.

Yes, he's my dog.

What is his name?

Jock.Little Jock.

I like it!

Come on! Haven't got all day.

Get off!

Don't eatanything that's

been dead more thanthree days.

Don't even talkabout a rhinoceros

unless you'reclose to a tree.

Come on Jock! Let's go!

Ah, it was to bad for Jock, that

hisfirsttaste of civilization

was Crooks' Corner. It was a wildplace,

arefuge forthoserunning from the law.

But for Jock, it was just new and exciting.

It'scalled "Crooks

Corner" for a reason!

It's full of bad people.

Ipromised yourmotherpuppy and now you

have topromise me you'll stay out of trouble.

- Promise?

- Okay.

Promise?

Crooks Corner,Crocodile river,

I'm justsayingthesenames mean

something, baaak! Promise?

Come on! Haven't got all day.

I promise. I'll stay out of trouble.

Come boy, come on!

Come Jock.

Get away! Argh!

Scared?

Are you okay, Jock?

- Get off, yamangy thing!

- Jock, Jock come back here!

CrooksCorner had the

onlysupplystore en route

to the goldfields. It was

run by agreedy and ruthless

tradernamed Seedling.

Gosh!

Get away! Away!

Woah!

Huh? You'll get sickdoing that.

The runt? Didn'tthink you'd survive.

Youmight wish you

hadn't. Come meet the boss.

George, thefamous "fighting

baboon"ofCrooks Corner.

George hadtoured with a

circus in hisearly years

andfoughtagainst dogs in wagered

battles. Henever lost a fight.

That's better, keep up.

In all this time you get back

with a fewskins anduseless horns?

What are wegonna do with these?

Well Ithought you may need them.

We need ivory! Alright?

This ain't a petshop.

Whathappened to you?

Get away from here!

Someone new in town George.

Hey hey! What are youdoing with them?

None of your business, runt.

Why don't you pick on

someone your own size!

Careful Jock!

Hey wena,haisuga wena!

Hello, Fitzpatrick's the name...

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Submitted on August 05, 2018