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WhenIwasaboutthirteenyearsold,baeinIndiana,Pennsylvania,IhadadognamedBouastreetdogofieparentagewhohadfollowedmehomefromseday.KindofAiredaleishbutecolor,Bouncebecamemypanion.He‘dfroliewhenI’dgoiohuntarrowheadsamyfeetwhenIdbuildamodelairpladog.
LateonesummerIhadbeenawaytoaBoySpatTwoLickdwhenIgothomeBouheretogreetme.Wheherabouthim,shegentlytookmeinside.“Imsosorry,Jim,butBoune.”
“Didherunaway?”
“No,son,hesdead.”
Itbelieveit.“ened?”
Ichoked.“Hewaskilled.”
“How?”
Momlookedovertomyfather.Heclearedhisthroat.“Well,Jim,”
hesaid,“Bogybrokehis,cameoverandkilledBounce.”
Iwasaghast.Bogywasthe-dhblishbulldog.Normallyhewaslinkedbyatoawirethatstretchedabout100feetacrosstheirbackyard.
Iwasgrief-stridangry.ThatnightItossedahemIsteppedouttolookatthebulldog,hopiagashinitsspeckledhide.Butno,thereonaheavierstoodthebarrel-chestedvillaiimeIsawpoorBouyhouse,hisforlor,hisfooddish,Iseethedwithhatredfortheanimalthathadtakefriend.
FinallyIreaydpulledoutthe22-ingtonriflewhichDadhadgiveChristmas.Isteppedoutintoourbadclimbedupiree.Peritsupperlimbs,Icouldseethebulldogashetraipsedupanddowhofhiswire.WiththerifeIfollowedhimis.ButeverytimeIgotabeadegotinthe>
Suddenlyagaspsoundedfrombelow.“Jim,whatareyoudoingupthere?”
Momdidntwaitforananswer.OursedandIcouldtellshewasonthephohmyfatherathishardwarestore.IesourFordchatteredintothedriveway.Dadclimbedoutaotheappletree.“,”
hesaidgely,Iputthesafetyomyselfdownontothesummer-searedgrass.
&m,Dad,whokhanIknewmyself,said,“Jim,afteryoufinishschooltoday,Iwantyoutoetothestore.”
ThatafterneddowntowntoDadshardwaresthewaheashedorsomethifrombehieraothesto.Weedgedpastkegsofnails,coilsofgardenhoseandrollsofswireovertoaer.Theresquattedmyhatednemesis,Bogy,tiedtoapost.“hebulldog,”
Dadsaid.“Thisistheeasywaytokillhimifyoustillfeelthatway.”
Heha-barreled.22-caliberrife.Iglahimquestioningly.Henodded.
Itooktheguomyshhteddowntheblackbarrel.Bogy,brme,pantedhappily,pinktonguepeekingfromtuskedjaws.AsIbegarigger,athousandthoughtsflashedthroughmymioodsilentlyby.Butmymindwas;allofDad’steagaboutourresponsibilitytodefeures,fairplay,rightandithihoughtofMomlovierIbrokeherfavoriteaservingbowl.
&herifleweighedatowaveredinmyvisioaDadhelplessly.Aquietsmilecrossedhisfadheclaspedmyshoulder.“Iknow,son,”
hesaidgehen:Hehadopullthattrigger.Inhiswise,deepwayheletmefacemydeyown.IneverdidlearnhowDadmayspreseernoon,butIkrustedmetomaketherightchoice.
AtremendousreliefoverwhelmedmeasIputdownthegudowneduntieBogy,whainstushappily,hisstubtailwigglingfuriously.
ThatnightIsleptwellforthefrsttimeindays.ThemasIleapeddos,IsawBogydoorandstopped.Dadruffedmyhair.“Seemsyivenhim,son.”
Iracedofftoschiveness,Ifound,couldbeexhilarating.在我大约13岁时,我回到了宾夕法尼亚州的老家——印第安纳,养了只叫鲍恩斯的狗。
那是只身份不明的流浪狗。
一天放学后,他就跟我回了家。
鲍恩斯似乎是那种硬毛杂种猎犬,只是皮毛是橘黄色。
我们成了亲密的伙伴,我进林子找慈姑,他就在我身旁嬉戏;我做飞机模型,他就倒在我脚边打呼噜。
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