Many dogs in Thimphu congratulated Dawa and told him that he was destined to be a leader. Exploring the city Dawa knew how to find food in Thimphu; it was not the sense of smell that took dogs to the best feeding places. It was their visual alertness and auditory keenness that they had to rely on for a bellyful every day.
At Lungtenphu, at a party, Dawa meets with a muddy-colored dog called Dampa, who advises Dawa to learn speak pure Dzongkha. Keeping Dampa’s advice in mind, Dawa follows a big group of monks to learn pure Dzongkha. Unfortunately, this group of monks did not speak pure Dzongkha because every word was laced with a curse word. Dawa follows next group of monks and he realized that they were speaking mixed language.
Finally, Dampa tells Dawa to follow a monk who speaks the best Dzongkha and who is kind to dogs. Within a week Dawa was expert with Dzongkha and decides to visit Dampa, whereby he was asked to go to human’s school to learn honorific terms.
During one of the busy seasons when all dogs are running all over the place, sniffing each other’s’ rear, Dawa come by a house at Lower Motithang where a tall and heavy girl called Sonam Pem was chasing all the dogs that had gathered in her compound. Upon seeing Dawa she clicks her tongue and gives him some food. From that day onward Dawa always goes to the house and Sonam Pem seemed to wait for him with some food. In the meantime, Sonam Pem goes to work for a foreign woman who owns a white dog who looks more like a pig than a dog. However, Dawa’s visit to Sonam Pem ends when Dawa sees Sonam Pem with the white dog resting on her lap.
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