This senior class from Horseshoe Bend School in Alabama graduated last week. However, the students were outshone by someone else for a few amusing seconds. Charlie was the other person. Logan Branch, one of the grads who lives nearby, has a dog named Charlie. During the school year, Charlie would frequently come to the school on his own to talk to pupils during their recesses. He quickly gained a place in the hearts of all the children.
Branch told The Dodo, “Everyone at the school knows he’s my dog.” Charlie, though, apparently opted to make his imprint differently as the school year came to a close. Who decided to make an unannounced appearance in the middle of Branch and his peers’ graduation ceremony? Charlie, to be precise. “No one had any idea he was going to be there,” Branch claimed. “He just astonished us all by coming inside the fence.”
But the arrival of the puppy wasn’t the only surprise. Charlie went up to steal the show, emptying himself on a decorative fern, after lingering for a few moments with the students doing their hardest to keep it together despite the distraction. And, as evidenced by video from the scene, everyone lost it.
“We all knew what was about to happen as soon as we saw him walk to the plant, so we couldn’t help but chuckle,” Branch added. Of course, the ceremony went on after that, but no one could match Charlie’s big moment. Branch agrees, “He had the best crowd reaction of the night.” “It was a big hit with Charlie.”
Branch and the other graduates will be moving on to the next phase of their lives, but because his sister still attends the school, Charlie is likely to remain a fixture on campus. After all, he did technically establish an endowment there, according to dog logic. It wouldn’t be the same without the sweet puppy. “He simply enjoys being in the spotlight and being among people,” Branch explained.