The Selfish/Selfless Dog

The story is told (as in, it’s made up!) of a small dog that had been struck by a car and lay wounded by the side of the road. A doctor driving by noticed the dog was still alive, stopped his car, picked it up, and took it home. There, he discovered the dog had only suffered minor cuts and abrasions and was otherwise unharmed. 

The doctor cleaned the wounds, revived the animal, and was carrying it from the house to the garage when the dog suddenly leapt from his arms and scampered off. “What an ungrateful little dog,” the…