ADOPTING A KID Crispulo Bacud Tappa How much does it cost to maintain a dog?  How much does it cost to feed an orphan?  What joy a kid must bring to a childless couple! What joy must a dog bring to a lonely man! Between a kid and another kid of a higher breed, men have chosen to adopt  dogs and made their beds. Pampered, bathed, groomed, and dutifully fed. Many children are left hungry, abandoned and uncared, while bred dogs are vaccinated, more than kids, are lovingly held While abandoned kids are left to play in the streets with their own kind, the askals and pusakals, left to their own devices, and share amongst themselves left-overs salvaged from garbage bins. In a world where dogs make better friends, a human soul is left hungry and abandoned