"I recognize that dog. I read about it in the Scholastic Magazine." That is what my little one said when we toured the Pompeii Exhibit at the Museum of Science. It's an odd thing, fame. We all want a bit if it. Even if it's being known as the fun mom, or the soccer coach, or the wacky math teacher. To be good at something. To excel; to be respected and thought of. But for this poor dog, somebody's pet, left chained behind when its family ran for their lives. The dog strained and strained at its chain until it suffocated in the ash. The same fate was for many other men, women and children, their fame is the result of their tragic misfortune and death.
Still after all this time can we learn from them?
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