Every evening, Max sat beneath the same framed portrait on the living room wall.<\/p>\n
The golden-brown dog would lift both front paws together and stare upward.<\/p>\n
His owner, Emily, had seen him do it for weeks.<\/p>\n
At first, she thought it was simply a strange trick.<\/p>\n
Then she noticed something.<\/p>\n
Max only did it beneath that one picture.<\/p>\n
Never anywhere else.<\/p>\n
The portrait showed Jesus with one hand raised in blessing.<\/p>\n
Max would sit directly below it, lift his paws, and remain completely still.<\/p>\n
Emily laughed the first few times.<\/p>\n
Then she stopped laughing.<\/p>\n
Because every evening, at almost the same hour, Max returned to the same place.<\/p>\n
One night Emily whispered.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat are you waiting for, buddy?\u201d<\/p>\n
Max looked at the portrait.<\/p>\n
Then back at her.<\/p>\n
And quietly raised his paws again.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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