A Horse Meat Conflict

To budge in one's convictions is the same as having no convictions at all. A tough man will not sway in a belief but will nail his feet to the tracks rather than move for the train. I once met such a tough man, he talked a tough talk and he walked a tough walk. With my head on a bar table, drunk to exhaustion, I listened as the tough man told a tough tale about his tough dog. The next morning I read in the local newspaper a story entitled, A Horse Meat Conflict.....
Hunger is a strong feeling that drives every life form on the planet Earth. It is this hungry feeling that can force reactive actions to come into play. The tough man was a hungry man who would feed his hunger with greed. The tough man was a gambler, a cheater, and a winner. He had a big, tough, hungry dog, which he would feed with horse meat. On one gambling adventure the tough man won the shirt off an opponent as well as a Tiny Dog. As soon as the Tiny Dog entered the tough mans humble abode the Tiny Dog made his presence known and established himself as a good, faithful guard dog. The tough dog had a problem taking a back seat to its new companion as the role of dog-of-the-house. The Tiny Dog would bark at people approaching the door or when somebody would walk by a window, the things a good dog does. The tough man looked at his new dog as a burden and an annoying one at that. While the tough dog was eating horse meat the Tiny Dog would eat table scraps, if he was lucky. Even with the mistreatment by his owner and resentment and anger by his fellow canine, the Tiny Dog continued to be an alert guard dog. One night, late, very late, the Tiny Dog was alerted by a suspicious noise and began barking loud and concerned. Annoyed, the tough dog walked up to the Tiny Dog and tried to swallow him whole. In the morning the tough man was found dead and shirtless. The tough dog was found with the Tiny Dog in his mouth, both dead, lying next to a full bowl of horse meat.