Home is the Sailor
“Davy paused at the top of the slope that led down to the stream, and the pool that formed where the swift-flowing water had scoured out the hollow between half a dozen boulders. “Not really a difficult climb, is it?”
“But there are rocks,” Will pointed out. “Easy enough to trip and fall. Oh, get back, will you?” He gave a gentle shove to the liver-and-white spaniel that had accompanied them—Spark, the dog that had been with Davy’s brother on his last ill-fated hunting trip. Davy had suggested... they take a walk after breakfast and bring the beast along. He had stuck close to them, whining now as they descended to the area where the grass had been trampled into a churned-up mass of refrozen mud.
“They’ve made a mess of it,” Davy said. As if agreeing with him, the dog went straight to the middle of the disturbed area, sniffed around at a darkened patch of ground, then sat down and howled. “Hush, old boy. That won’t bring him back.”
The animal shook itself and ambled over to Will, leaning heavily against him, panting.MoreLess
“But there are rocks,” Will pointed out. “Easy enough to trip and fall. Oh, get back, will you?” He gave a gentle shove to the liver-and-white spaniel that had accompanied them—Spark, the dog that had been with Davy’s brother on his last ill-fated hunting trip. Davy had suggested... they take a walk after breakfast and bring the beast along. He had stuck close to them, whining now as they descended to the area where the grass had been trampled into a churned-up mass of refrozen mud.
“They’ve made a mess of it,” Davy said. As if agreeing with him, the dog went straight to the middle of the disturbed area, sniffed around at a darkened patch of ground, then sat down and howled. “Hush, old boy. That won’t bring him back.”
The animal shook itself and ambled over to Will, leaning heavily against him, panting.MoreLess
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