Two She-Bears (2016)
““No need,” said Grandpa Ze’ev. “You have to get back to work. We’ll meet here at three.”
“I have time,” said Dovik and joined him. I think he wanted a taste of our sweet childhood hikes with him.
“You weren’t afraid to leave him there?” I asked him the next day. “You didn’t have a sense that something might happen to him?”
“No. I did this so many times before. And you also took him there sometimes and left him there without any concern. Why worry about a man like him, in a place that’s like his... second home?”
The two walked together, talked a bit, Grandpa asked Dovik if he remembered all the plants he had taught him about.
“No. Only some of them. Ruta remembers them better.”
At a certain point they parted. Dovik left him there with his stick and pack and as always went back in the afternoon to pick him up at the appointed place and time: three p.m., on the road by the little bridge. But Grandpa Ze’ev, a very punctual person, wasn’t waiting there.MoreLess
“I have time,” said Dovik and joined him. I think he wanted a taste of our sweet childhood hikes with him.
“You weren’t afraid to leave him there?” I asked him the next day. “You didn’t have a sense that something might happen to him?”
“No. I did this so many times before. And you also took him there sometimes and left him there without any concern. Why worry about a man like him, in a place that’s like his... second home?”
The two walked together, talked a bit, Grandpa asked Dovik if he remembered all the plants he had taught him about.
“No. Only some of them. Ruta remembers them better.”
At a certain point they parted. Dovik left him there with his stick and pack and as always went back in the afternoon to pick him up at the appointed place and time: three p.m., on the road by the little bridge. But Grandpa Ze’ev, a very punctual person, wasn’t waiting there.MoreLess
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