{"sf1_id":1172798,"sf2_id":"ZmMpoDpe","title":"Pawprints","author":"FarmWolf","words":161,"posted_at":"2017-04-17T14:48:00.000Z","tags":["Dream","Inspirational","aboriginal","creator"],"url":"https://fse.anthro.fr/stories/1172798-pawprints","original_url":"https://sofurry.com/s/ZmMpoDpe","image_url":"https://cdn.sofurryfiles.com/submissions/thumbnails/8e/95/8e95b501-065f-48ad-85bd-713bdfb99153","description":"Inspired by reading about a fellow fur's difficulties, this is a furry/aboriginal version of the Christian story \"Footprints.\"","content":"Pawprints\n\nOne night a male had a dream.\u0026nbsp;\n\nHe dreamed that he was walking along a trail with the Creator.\u0026nbsp;\n\nIn the sky played scenes from his life.\u0026nbsp;\n\nFor each scene, he noticed two sets of pawprints on the trail;\u0026nbsp;\n\none belonged to him, the other to the Creator.\n\nWhen the last scene from his life had faded, he looked back at the pawprints on the trail.\u0026nbsp;\n\nHe noticed that when the trail was the most challenging there was only one set.\n\nHe found this odd, and asked the Creator about it.\u0026nbsp;\n\n\"My understanding has been that whenever my trail was difficult, you would walk it with me.\u0026nbsp;\n\nBut I've seen only one set of pawprints at the times the trail was hardest.\u0026nbsp;\n\nWhere were you then?\"\n\nThe Creator replied, \"Beloved, I am with you always, and could not leave you if I tried.\u0026nbsp;\n\nWhen your trail was most challenging, and you saw one set of pawprints, I was carrying you.\"\n\n  \n  \n\n"}