warm in the ashes

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In Myanmar dogs are treated badly and are considered little more than scavengers. In their endless loyalty, they would still pick their families, pin their ears and dodge the kicks and rocks, come around, but not so close you could hurt them, and live in uneasy symbiosis with people. As pups they are sometimes played with but soon become wary and unfriendly as no one can be relied upon not to whack them. With few exceptions, they all look remarkably alike too, as if sired by the same mongrel father. This little guy is sleepily warming himself in the ashes of a fire.