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Lyudmila Kotova

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Toby and Patrashov

During the war, I was 10 years old. I lived in a remote village, in the Kuban. In the hamlet Svistelnik, then walked fierce fighting. Our village Grivenskuyu,
three times during the day and once at night, methodically bombed by German planes.
Not far from the village, the river channel, was a central crossing
our troops. We are saved from the bombing in a deep trench dug in the garden.
My grandmother kept a cow, chickens, a cat Vaska and two dogs - lap-dog Toby, a deaf from birth and proud, handsome - mongrel Patrashov.
Patrashov did not consider himself equal Tobiko and treated him with "high." But in the hours of flying bombers Patrashov published alarming barking grabbed by the scruff of the deaf Tobiko and first raced in the trenches. My grandmother him!
After the raid, every time there was such a picture: Patrashov runs next to Toby pripryzhku, trying to lick his savior in the nose. In one and the same place,
Patrashov stopped growling at tobiko and slightly kusnuv him, went into his booth, and Toby swinging tail, ran to us ...

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Saving water

One day in late autumn, our deaf doggie Toby was sitting on the bank of the river,
basking in the sun. Suddenly swooped screaming boys and one of them grabbed Toby and threw it into the water. Toby screamed loudly. Neznamov jumped headlong from Patrashov and rushed into the icy water! Tobiko Pulling ashore Patrashov dusted himself off and raced for the offenders. They were rescued from an abandoned barn reckoning. They sat there until my grandmother came and rescued wretch, telling them who they are.
Since then, Toby did not go to the river alone, always accompanied by his Patrashov ...

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Dandy

During the war, in one of the winter days, after a long battle for stanitsey blazing reeds. That night was the rain and the fire died down. In the ashes, I found a small, helpless lisёnka. He burned paws and tail.
All the way home he was trying to scare me, barking, like a cough. We
grandmother smeared his burnt places warmed, and he quietly fell asleep.
As time passed, dandy (as we called him), I grew up and became friends with tobiko and cat Vaska. As they played! Where there is a circus tent! Wounds healed dandy rose shёrstka - a real dandy, and his eyes hitryuschie!
It took half a year and one day, our Frant "Outstanding room!" While we were looking spree grandmother cow, our handsome peretaskat chickens from a neighbor! Triggering instinct. Losses reimbursed. I promised to take measures
and tied dandy. Proud Dandy longed, stopped eating, shёrstka become dull. All winter he grieved, rarely played with tobiko.
We decided to release it into the wild. It was summer. I carried him to the place,
where found. It has already grown reeds. I release the dandy, and he looks at me and he looks so - "I do not understand ?!" I went looking and certainly not crying. A sly fox snuck up behind me and when I looked back, rushed to me.
I took him in my arms, caressed, returned again to the same place, let him go, but she hid. "Go dandy, come ...»
Fox looked around, sniffed and listened to the rustling reeds, stood, I thought, and ran. On vzgorke flashed its red tail. All ...
Farewell dandy!

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Patrashov, Toby, chicken, cow, planes ... bombs!

The day was sunny. More thundered near the village fights. Near me
basking in the sun dog Patrashov and Toby, have piles of reeds dozing chickens.
Suddenly Patrashov jumped up, grabbed Toby's mouth and rushed into the trench! I realized today will fly the Nazi planes begin bombing! In the barn a cow lowed (she waited telёnochka). I looked and saw him at the wall. It was all still wet. I was confused what to do !? I began to pick it up - he slips. Cow moos anxiously. And now this started! Hell! Near our hatёnkoy hooted bomb! The explosion was so powerful! The roof flew off, showered with glass! Shed cracked and tilted! Horrified, I clung to the side of a cow, and she held the poor and the wall of the barn roof collapsed on itself, until then, until the bombing was over, and came to help. I screamed with fear (I was only 10 years old), which heard the soldiers! They thought I was wounded and rushed to help, dismantled the roof of the shed, dragged me telёnochka, and then the cow (she was all one side posechёn fragments), and suddenly burst out laughing. Chickens, 15 pieces, stood around a heap of reeds, like a tent, his fear head rush, and everything else, like necklace stuck outside!

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Unhurried conversation

One day I watched a picture - on the long path of the yard walked beside cat and chicken. Around the flowers, the sun, the heat - and the couple! Cat myauknet chicken responds - "Ko-Ko-Ko". Again myauknet cat, chicken, tilting her head toward him responsible. So, nice talking, they came to the gate, there stood, still "talk" and went in different directions ...

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Battle on the market

Lived - was a doggie BIMCO. Harmless and clever mongrel, a favorite of our yard. One spring I was going to the market. BIMCO, solemnly escorted me. Choosing the right product, I stood there and waited until the seller
weigh vegetables. BIMCO was sitting. Suddenly a whirlwind of a huge dog jumped out and attacked him! They battened down and vizzhasche - heckling a ball rolled under the counter! And there, the seller was a large box of homemade eggs! After a moment, the battle has continued inside the box! Fear gripped me! After all, the owner, I thought, would not understand that, and how, although BIMCO was not his fault, he was attacked! In great excitement, I hurried out of the market. After some time, for me, the whole eggs and shell, ran BIMCO! So handsome he was in the yard!
But as happily greeted his girlfriend-cat! They began to lick the sides BIMCO current yolks and whites, and soon his hair was shining and silky, as in advertising means for hair! BIMCO since the market or foot, I mean no fluke ...

P.S. BIMCO is no longer in the world. "Good" people poisoned completely harmless, funny, intelligent animal ...
A few days later he died in terrible agony ...





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