Eyes of the puppy

Once there was a puppy with a lot of problems or what some of the older dogs called "issues". For one, he was small. For two, he was lost. For three, he was always getting made fun of by the other dogs for all kinds of reasons. He thought he could get the other puppies and older dogs to stop making fun of him if he made fun of himself. He clowned around, but even this made him sadder. This was no way to solve his problems. So he decided to take a walk.
Instead of walking home from the school the way he always did, instead he took the long cut. He had never taken the long cut, but he had heard of it. Still he didn't know what to expect. Amazingly, about half way through the long cut, he came to a dark tunnel. He wasn't a cat, but still his curiousity got the best and worst of him.
"Go ahead, you'll find a secret to help solve your problems, " his curiosity told him.
He walked into the cave. Soon, he had t o use his nose and ears to tell where he was going. Without even thinking about it, he began to feel his way through the cave. He got a scared feeling, as if someone or something was watching him. His hair stood up straight. He turned around, but he couldn't even see light from the entrance to the cave. He started to whimper and tears streamed down his already wet nose. He wondered if his family would even miss him after all of the trouble he'd caused. He didn't have any friends that would miss him. He began to panic. He didn't know how he was going to get out of this cave. He began to howl. He howled and howled until he was sweating and tired. How in the world was he going to get out of this cave? Why in the world had he went in?
How would you help the puppy get out? What would you tell him to do? What if the puppy was just an alien in disguise. What is the reflection when you look in someone elses eyes? The mother ship isn't waiting. You're on your own.