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Blind not blinded by

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  "Woof! Woof!” Betty, darling take care. Oil spillage has made the pavement slippery. "Thanks, Romeo. Your timely warning barks are exactly what this blind, bonny mass needs to reach eighty! Good dog, Romeo!" It is appreciation and pats like these that keeps me going. The pain is excruciating, but Betty and I have been through a lot, and this feels like a needle in the hay. We have broken our limbs together, seen the inside of an operation theater, confined to our room in a neatly-wrapped bandaged bundle, and many others atrocities conferred upon us. But to be the blind Betty's helper dog, is what brings me to my paws every day.  Dark times necessarily do not end with light. They just turn a little less dark. Oh, forgive my fur! Like me, it sheds philosophy these days. Old age, you see. ‘You see’ is such an overused phrase that the ones who can actually see, can't see what harm it inflicts on those who are deprived of it. Now, you see, I'm a philosophical, o...