Once a very long time, when the chickens pecked grain. This is how many fairy tales usually begin, but this is a true story.
We rested in the country. Picturesque nature, around a pine forest with furry, like huge wings, or hands, branches. Forest glades with comfortable stumps, rustling breeze.
And, of course, country houses that grew like mushrooms after rain. At that time I was about 5-6 years old. I spent time serene, rested, had fun. Sometimes, however, she helped grandfather and grandmother in the garden. I even had my own bed, on which I raised dill)). But I want to tell you not about that. And about how we got a new friendly shaggy neighbor nicknamed Ryzhik.
I come to the gate in the morning, and a red-haired puppy runs after it. He saw me, rushed, began to lick his hands, looks at a pleading look: “Feed”. And the eyes are how big … kind … we fed him. And he began to resort to our house every day.
The dog correctly carried his service: the guard of the house, barking drove away from other people’s cats. In the summer, when they went to mow grass rabbits, they certainly took a shaggy friend. Very often, Ryzhik accompanied us on hiking for mushrooms. And especially our shaggy loved to walk with us to take fish. You used to throw a fishing rod, and he strives to catch her with his teeth. And how carefully I watched the float.)) Sits a side and does not take his eyes off a bright spot on the water. And how the float twitches – informs everyone about this with a joyful dog barking. It was a very good assistant)). The whole bucket of fish could be caught with such a “fisherman”.
And with hot July days he loved Ryzhik to dial in the cool blue of the lake. Placement and swims. And it will go ashore – so wet. Karakul wool. It looks like a sheep)).
Time passed. The red -haired man has grown up. And he turned into a huge strong dog. But he still came to our court every day and had fun with us time. And for this we fed him with different goodies.
Years passed. The dog is old. And one day he did not return to us.
It was a pity, of course, to lose such a good friend and shaggy neighbor (((
