An English bulldog named Big Poppa (with two p’s) lived and did not know that because of this unbearable quarantine he would become a star. Even if only for a short time — more than half a million likes, reposts and comments, media coverage, talk shows and blogs. The Big Poppa, unknowingly, has become a symbol of the people’s protest against being quarantined. Everyone is tired and everyone wants a change.
This is a big and very sad Poppa that day
Hostess Rashida Ellis from Atlanta couldn’t resist. And who could? The sight of an incredibly sad, genuinely sad dog torments the heart and presses on the conscience. What can I do for you? That’s the thing, it’s nothing. Big Poppa saw her friends, the neighborhood kids, playing in the courtyard of the house. And she can’t go there to them — the tenants have the right to go out only in turn. So Poppa is grieving.
It should be clarified that Poppa in ordinary life is an extremely life—affirming and cheerful animal, she loves to play with children and in general all kinds of movement. And the bulldog is sad now, not because it is impossible to go outside, but because it is impossible to go to children, it is impossible to contact, play together. This causes such dissonance that if a person were in Poppa’s place, he would have been registered in the psychiatrists’ office a long time ago. And the bulldog is nothing, sad and tolerates.
The hostess hastened to assure that she takes care of the dog. She has a new collar, a new crib and several toys. And Poppa is grateful to the hostess. But this does not make it any less sad and Americans note — we are all Poppa today. We also want to go outside and do business.