The Story of the Howling Dog

Tom just moved into a new neighborhood recently. He liked his house and his environment, but there was one thing he didn’t get. His neighbor, Mr. Tan, had a dog that kept howling non-stop. Literally: Day in, day out. “Auuuuuhhhh………. Aaaauhhhh……….” Initially Tom thought the dog was just going through a phase, so he ignored the howls, as he thinks it would eventually stop. But it didn’t. The dog continued howling. “Auuuu…………auuuu………..Auuuhhhhh…….” One day passed. Nothing changed. Second day passed: Still howling. Third day passed, fourth, fifth day. 1 week. 2 weeks. 1 month passed, still howling, with no signs of stopping. “Auuuhhh………….Oouuuuuhhhhh…….Au au auuhhhhh…” Finally, Tom couldn’t stand it anymore. One fine day, he walked over to Mr. Tan’s house to see what was going on. Sure enough, there was the dog, sitting at the front porch, howling pitifully to whoever was walking by. “Auuuhhh…Ouuuhhh….Auuuuuuuuuuuuuu…”
On the other hand, Mr. Tan was relaxing on his bench at the lawn, leisurely reading his newspapers and sipping a cup of coffee. Wondering what was going on, Tom walked up to Mr. Tan.
Tom: “Hi Mr. Tan, is that your dog?”
Mr. Tan: “Which dog?” He glanced around. “Oh that. Yep he’s mine.”
Tom: “Why does he keep howling?”
Mr. Tan: “Oh, that’s because he’s sitting on a nail.”
Tom: “Sitting on a nail?!?”
Tom gave the dog a bewildered look.
“..Okay… so why doesn’t he just get away from the nail then??”
“Well, Tom………” Mr. Tan took a slow sip of his coffee before replying.
“…That’s because he doesn’t find it painful enough yet.”
Author: Unknown.