Royal Family of Dante at Tunghai

Dante on Tunghai Campus

The Privilege of Tunghaiers

It was 5:20 when I started walking this morning. In the dark, I was walking with my mini flashlight in hand. On my way back from the walk, I saw a small-sized dog walking with a leash on its neck. As soon as I saw it, I squatted down to welcome it. Somehow the dog sensed my friendliness because it was walking faster toward me. When it walked near enough for me to hold onto the least, I saw the dog was a "he". I started talking to him, but I noticed he was shivering. I guess he must have been skittish in nature, but my welcome gesture was too tempting for him to ignore. Then I looked at the collar to see if I could get any info about the dog. On the collar there was a phone number! Well, this dog must have "run away" many times that his owner decided to put a telephone number on the collar, hoping anyone who found him could contact them. I didn't have my cellphone with me. Actually, when I exercise, I don't bring it with me. The only two things I have are my key chain and a 50-dollar coin for the newspaper I'll buy when I finish my walk.
Since I couldn't contact the dog's owner, I decided to take him for a walk. Well, this little thing refused to go with me. After I tried a couple of times, I let him go. Maybe he just wanted to enjoy his morning walk like me. After the walk, he will go home. Nobody likes to be restricted to stay in one place only. I like to "run away home" from time to time. Fortunately, there's a cafe on Tunghai campus--Dante. I've spent so much time in this cozy cafe that I nickname myself "Queen of Dante", a retired professor from the Department of Architecture "King of Dante", a stuff member from the Library "Cappuccino Princess", and the son of my colleague "Prince of Dante". There're only four members in this Dante Royal Family. Hope someday somehow more people can join us!