The Dog Who Could Fly
“Adamek did all he could to persuade the dog to come in to the shelter of their tent, but Antis refused. At one point he tried tugging on the dog’s thick collar, but Antis seemed to have turned himself into a statue. A low throaty growl warned the Czech ground crewman to stop his tugging and leave the dog to do his self-appointed duty.A radio message came through from the Liberator that they were diverting to the Shetland Islands, the nearest airbase where there was good enough visibility to cha...nce a landing. Everyone on the base who needed to know this was aware of it, apart from Antis, who refused absolutely to leave his station.The driving sleet soaked into his heavy coat until it was wet through. As the cold worsened, the sleet turned to thick flurries of snow, and Antis’s sodden coat became frozen to his body. Yet still he remained like a tree rooted to the earth, as the wind howled and the snow gusted all around him, isolated and alone on the edge of the frozen runway. Antis’s whiskers stood out like icicles from his snow-flecked muzzle, but still he wouldn’t abandon the wait—faithful, loyal, resolute—for his master’s return.Finally, with the dog sitting like a frozen statue in the midst of the snowstorm, Adamek decided that he had to force Antis to take shelter before he died of exposure.MoreLess
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