It needs to have a story
This is exactly as advertised.  If you want something quirky to give as a gift there are few better.<br /><br />How could I have such a beautiful piece of art, however, without a story to go along with it before I gave it to my son?  The following was written to go along with this item:<br /><br />The story of the little Corgi that couldn’t – at least not without a sweet ride<br /><br />Once upon a time there was a little corgi named Corgu…<br /><br />Corgu was the runt of his litter.  His bigger brothers and sisters were all strong and healthy and could take on a chew toy with the best of them.  But not Corgu…  Corgu would pounce on his chew toy only to have it roll over on top of him and subsequently pin him to the ground.  He would have to yelp and make noises until one of his siblings could come over and help him remove it from on top of him.<br /><br />It was humiliating...<br /><br />While other Corgis could run after a ball and play fetch at the beach all he could do was run after the ball and do his best to push it with his nose because he wasn’t strong enough to lift the ball with his mouth and carry it back to his master.<br /><br />Because he was a runt he found that other Corgis didn’t want to spend time with him.  He did his best to find other friends but time after time he was shunned because he was so small – that is until one day he came across a nest of eggs and noticed that one of the eggs was smaller than the others.  He would go every day to see how the eggs were doing and finally one day they all hatched.  He had found a nest full of velociraptors and just like him, one of them was a runt.  His name was Yoshi and they became the best of friends.<br /><br />They were used to all of the others in their school class making fun of them.  They knew they were tiny and together they spent time running around, and pretending they were big like the other animals in their class.  They were resigned to the fact that they would pretty much be ignored.<br /><br />Then one day it happened.<br /><br />While they were on the playground an enormous T-rex crashed through the fence and started eating all of their classmates.  While everyone else around them was screaming and running away Corgu and Yoshi knew that they would have to do something or there wouldn’t be anyone left…  So Corgu ran to the woods on the edge of the playground and grabbed a stick while Yoshi ran into the school and grabbed a knife from the cafeteria.  They quickly strapped the knife to the stick and Corgu jumped on top of Yoshi and together they charged the T-rex.<br /><br />I wish I had good news to tell you about Corgu and Yoshi but as they approached the T-rex he opened his jaws and clamped down on them both.  But after chewing his newest meal the spear they had created got stuck in his throat and tore him inside all the way down to his stomach and he died a horrible death.<br /><br />The other animals stood amazed at the bravery and sacrifice that these two runts had made just for them and quickly drew a picture of the brave friends on the only piece of paper they could find – a page they tore from the dictionary in the school library.<br /><br />Time passed as time does, and the school was closed and sat derelict for centuries.  Until I stumbled upon it while I lived in Illinois in the woods back behind my high school.  I found the picture clinging to one of the few remaining walls along with the story of the brave friends.<br /><br />Son, I am passing this treasured find on to you to treasure and pass along to your posterity.  Never forget the bravery of Corgu and Yoshi.  May it always serve as a means of inspiring you to greater and greater things.
Rating: 5 stars