A man goes into a pet store to buy a dog.
His eye is immediately drawn to one with a sign that says, “Talking dog – $5”.
Obviously a little skeptical, he approaches the dog and says, “Well, if you really can talk, you must have lived an amazing life. I’d love to hear about it.”
Sure enough, the dog responds, “Well, I’m a lot older than most dogs get. I was born in France during WWI to a dog owned by a very wealthy family. Doctors, if I remember right. Of course, I couldn’t talk back then. I didn’t learn that until WWII. You see, I had been adopted by an English couple, and when the husband went off to war, his wife would talk to me to pass the time. I picked up a few words, and when she discovered my talent, she and I decided it would be best to use it to help the war effort. They had me running secret messages to the allies, pretending to be a stray. After all, nobody suspects a dog. Or so I thought. It wasn’t long before I ended up in a German POW camp. Boy, I tell ya, they put us through Hell there, but I survived, and when the war ended, an American soldier who helped liberate the camp took me home with him. I’ve lived in America ever since. Been from family to family. Helped out where I could. Even helped inspire a speech for ol’ Dr. King during the civil rights movement. Eventually I ended up here, just waiting for the next family to take me in.”
The man is amazed! He immediately goes to the store owner and says, “That dog is fantastic! I’d pay any price at all for him! Why is he so cheap?”
The store owner replies,
“Cause he’s a damn liar! He never did any of that stuff!”
