Obelix, Dog Story (5)

Main Character

Name: Obelix

Location: Puerto Montt

Gender: Male

Age: 10

Body Type: Big, wrinkled, scar,

Hair Color: Black color

Eye Color: Black

Breed: Bloodhound

Sense of Smell: Excellent smell sense.

Personality Traits:

Personality Traits: Charismatic, nice, lazy, forgetful, responsible, coward, stubborn, slow to comprehend, likes to help others.

Sense of Humor: Cheerful, sometimes sad,

Valued Qualities: Good intentions.

Ruled by: Instinct.

Outline

1. Obelix's life description.
   
   
   A. Sense of smelling.
   B. Young life as a finder.
   C. Breed description.
   
   
2. Life in town.
   
   
   A. Not loved by people.
   B. Sniffs a characteristic smell
   C. A Bad situation happens for Obelix.

3. Spreading of the previous situation.
   
   
   A. No one do bad things to animals in town.
   B. Only kids could harm animals.
   C. Due to the harshness, Obelix became a scary dog.
   D. People though he was a mongrel.

4. Obelix's scar and old owner.
   
   
   A. Description of scar in his face.
   B. Owner's description.
   C. Owners wrath.

Story

Sniffing barbecued pig, sausages or lamb was the only thing he loved during the Chilean National Holidays. At his old age, Obelix still managed to have a good sense of smelling. When he was young, he worked as a finder, detecting missing people or objects by smelling personal artifacts or things that could help him to discover his objectives or “prey” as he used to call them. He was a bloodhound, a dog breed whose main characteristic was the ability to smell things with little help. In the past these dogs helped humans to track other animals. However, Obelix was obsessed in smelling food at far distances and he would go there just to smell it closer, since it was the only thing he could do. 

People in town did not know how to accept him; they did not know what his breed was. In some cases he was bothered or disturbed by small kids whose parents encourage them to do such thing. One day he was amazed by a smell of an old man who was stained with the filling of empanadas. While his nephew was playing with a ball, he spilled his grandfather the bowl with ingredients. So Obelix begin to smell him really close, he even jumped in his chest and made him fall. Thankfully, the old man was in good conditions after that situation, and he loved and cared about Obelix, not as his owner, but just as a good person. He used gave him food and water some times and a shelter in his courtyard, which had a roof. In town; he was the only one who cared about Obelix.

This event was quickly spread in town, so everyone knew that he "tried" to attack the old man. People started to hate him passively, because no one wanted to sacrifice him and be the bad guy of town. Killing or doing bad things to animal was deplorable and despicable in Town. Therefore, only spoiled kids were able to throw him rocks or spit him whenever they had the chance. These situations converted Obelix in a scary dog, frightened of children. Due do these events, they just thought he was a mongrel and did not treat him as a higher level class dog, the thing he was. So Obelix was used to smell this excellent and fine food and be happy, because people would not give him barbecue.

Another aspect that worked for the fact he was a mongrel, was that he had a huge scar in his face, near his teeth. This disfigurement let the people in town to see his big fans and it looks like if the flesh itself was always bleeding, but it was not. His slobbers mixed with the scar and made that effect. After working as a finder, Obelix was given to an old man, whose ability to gamble was exceptional and as good as his ability to drink. He always came home with different types of food, for him and his pet. This would not be forever. In one time, he arrived his home completely drunk, but he was not a violent man and Obelix knew both of his smells, the drunken smell and the lucid one. This time he was different, beside of being drunk, he entered his house shouting and cursing everything. He had lost his house. A renowned gambler was in town and challenged him until he lost everything; he even had gambled his pet. Between all of the screaming, Obelix started to bark. This make the old man furious, within his madness, he picked a knife and sliced Obelix’s face. The poor dog started to cry and ran from home.