Dawa met Dampa, having learnt most of the honorific terms and made him laugh with his imitation of human behaviour. Dampa asked him to learn from humans but not to imitate them.
Dawa always loved watching humans. Now Dampa's words acted as a stimulus. One day he came across a tall, heavy girl chasing aways the dogs in one of those mating seasons when dogs go sniffing each other's rears. The girl was fond of Dawa and offered him a bowl of rice with vegetables every day. Later on Dawa realized that she was the unhappy maid of the family.
One day when he went back to the house, Dawa waited for a long time for Sonam Pem to come out with the leftover food from the kitchen. She did not come out. Nor did the food. From the conversation going on inside, he realized that the household seemed to be angry with Sonam Pem's ingratitude. They thought that they had treated her fair and square. She had not only harmed the family by leaving it, but also made it difficult for them to find another maid. Just when Dawa felt that the information regarding her new employer was not going to come, he found the mistress of the house coming out in order to go to the house where Sonam Pem had moved in and to put some sense into her head. As Dawa was curious about Sonam Pem's whereabouts, he followed the mistress to a bigger house not very far away.A foreign woman came to the gate and greeted her in Dzongkha. Dawa felt sorry for not being able to use the linguistic skills of his past life as both the women did not understand each other. He felt relieved while he was leaving finding things between them coming to a head..Dawa went back to the house the next day and was offered food by Sonam Pem. Though it consisted of some pieces of meat and vegetable, he was used to taking rice in his meals. Even then he visited the house occasionally. One day he found a white dog being stroked and scratched by the mistress of the house. Another time he found the dog eating carrots and vegetables out of a nice, pink bowl, though he did not look very happy about it.
Dawa's visit to the house ended abruptly when one day he found Sonam Pem, with the dog's chin in her lap, stroking and caressing the dog. She never touched Dawa in a similar manner ever. There was a look of happiness about her and her demeanor was relaxed as well. Though feeling happy for her, Dawa decided not to visit the house any more.
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One day when he went back to the house, Dawa waited for a long time for Sonam Pem to come out with the leftover food from the kitchen. She did not come out. Nor did the food. From the conversation going on inside, he realized that the household seemed to be angry with Sonam Pem's ingratitude. They thought that they had treated her fair and square. She had not only harmed the family by leaving it, but also made it difficult for them to find another maid. Just when Dawa felt that the information regarding her new employer was not going to come, he found the mistress of the house coming out in order to go to the house where Sonam Pem had moved in and to put some sense into her head. As Dawa was curious about Sonam Pem's whereabouts, he followed the mistress to a bigger house not very far away.A foreign woman came to the gate and greeted her in Dzongkha. Dawa felt sorry for not being able to use the linguistic skills of his past life as both the women did not understand each other. He felt relieved while he was leaving finding things between them coming to a head..Dawa went back to the house the next day and was offered food by Sonam Pem. Though it consisted of some pieces of meat and vegetable, he was used to taking rice in his meals. Even then he visited the house occasionally. One day he found a white dog being stroked and scratched by the mistress of the house. Another time he found the dog eating carrots and vegetables out of a nice, pink bowl, though he did not look very happy about it.
Dawa's visit to the house ended abruptly when one day he found Sonam Pem, with the dog's chin in her lap, stroking and caressing the dog. She never touched Dawa in a similar manner ever. There was a look of happiness about her and her demeanor was relaxed as well. Though feeling happy for her, Dawa decided not to visit the house any more.
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