A Best Friend

Another dog story.  John Bosco, also called Don Bosco, connected well with poor boys in his town of Turin during the Industrial Revolution.  Kids were running around on the streets.  They lacked food and purpose, and some even homes.  Don Bosco founded the Salesians to minister to the boys.  He often walked the unsafe city streets at night looking for boys wandering around. Up pops a dog named Grigio.  He was three feet tall.  He could put the fear of dog into criminals and other bad people.  Bosco did not find the dog.  The dog found him.  At night the dog would suddenly appear beside him just as bad people were about to waylay Don Bosco.  Grigio never accepted any food.  He just came and went when Don Bosco needed protection.  It is said that Grigio appeared thirty years later when Don Bosco was lost in a marsh and led him out to safety.  Well, Guardian Angels don’t always need to show up with wings.