Cedric - A Dog Tale by BF Stebbing

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 Theme: Can a dog leave a legacy? History has revealed the valor and compassion many of these noble creatures have left upon the heart of man. And could it be conceivable that such a noble creature could be knighted? Some more faithful souls may even believe that God can use a dog much like an angel. Our dear Cedric is an example of this in his sacrifice and countless heroics. During a critical time in the Victorian Era, he would rescue twenty-three souls from shipwrecks and capture the heart of all Great Britain.

Chapter 1

A Tale to Tell

As patrons make their way through the Tate Museum, strolling past a vast display of Turner and Gainsborough masterpieces, they arrive within other spacious rooms with works from the Victorian Era: paintings redolent of the chivalrous days of yore along with the colorful prose of the Pre-Raphaelites. Amid this collection is a rather large painting of a Newfoundland dog. Set within a backdrop of sea and gulls, he stares at the viewer with a rosy-pink tongue. The picture allows one’s imagination to wander. Who is he? And what is he doing here? The title does offer a clue: Bob, A Distinguished Member of the Humane Society. It was painted in the early 1800s by the English master Sir Edwin Henry Landseer.

Delving through the archives, we obtain more insight. The dog had been a survivor of a shipwreck on the Thames River. He had drifted to the docks of a village and made the pier his home for the remainder of his life. Throughout the ensuing years, this remarkable creature would dive into the tumultuous waters and rescue twenty-three souls from other shipwrecks. So, let us commence from here, filling in many blanks with our creative touch. The name of our noble creature will be Cedric. We will begin by following his footprints in the sand as he somberly makes his way into the coastal village of Sheppey, next to the estuary of the Thames.