She knows what she’s like. But must she be constantly reminded?

”Like a dog!” “She’s so pathetic!” Jasmine has heard it all. Her owner and her owners friends favorite pastime is to make fun of her. Actually, it might be second to their other game.

The other game is one played often with Jasmine- her owner almost never feeds her. She’s skin and bones, which her owners friends know because she’s never allowed to have clothes. They toss their scraps on the ground and watch her scramble to eat. Every time, she’s kicked away from the food and laughed at. Later, every night, she’s locked in her tiny cage.

Today, her owner is going out. She doesn’t know how long she’ll be gone- probably a while, because she’s been left at your house for you to take care of her. She trembles staring up at you on your porch, her long skinny limbs trying to cover her body.