Pixie
When we were in Niuatoputapu, our friends on CoCoNut got a puppy! (The pronunciation is Nee-oo-ay-to-pu-ta-pu; you can also use the cruiser version “New Potato”). When they went to shore, they found a very cute small puppy that was so sick and weak it could not even lift it’s head! The island was full of very sick and mangy dogs, but this one was the sickest of them all. It had soft red fur and it was three months old, but it looked like it was six weeks old! They asked it’s owner about it, and she said that her son gave the dog to her when it was only seven weeks old and refused to take it back to its mother! Then they asked if they could take the dog with them to their boat and take care of her for a while, because they loved to take in puppies off the street and nurse them back to health. So, Camilla picked up the dog and brought it back to their boat and they gave her three baths and an anti-bug shampoo. The poor puppy was really tired after that! The next day we came over to see the puppy and we helped Camilla think of names for her; we finally decided on Pixie because she had little pixie ears. Everyone ended up calling her Dobby though, because she had really big eyes like the elf in Harry Potter. She was doing much better the second day, and when she started eating, her favorite thing was sashimi! By the third day, she was up and walking around, and being very playful. That day, I started crocheting a little blanket for her; it was red, yellow, orange, and blue. We were all going to leave soon, so I had to finish it quickly. No one wanted to say goodbye to Pixie, but we could not take her with us. We thought about getting her a vet certificate saying she was a purebred “Tongan Whippet” so we could take her with us, but that would not work. Two days later, Camilla took Pixie back to shore in a cardboard box with a small foam pad and the blanket I made for her bed. Pixie’s owner was very glad to see that she was happy and a lot healthier. Then we left, confident that Pixie is now the happiest and healthiest dog on the island!
Jessie