Tuesday, September 9, 2008

In Memoriam


In addition to the sad news about my aunt's death our dog Pantu was killed last Friday. Here is a picture of him from last summer. He was technically my parents neighbor's dog but since years he used to live at my parents place whenever they were there. This year he had moved in officially so that he didn't go "home" at all any more and my mum started to buy proper dog food for him. Pantu has been such a fun companion. He used to run with me but this summer started cheating and did only part of the track returning home halfway through which made the kids draw the conclusion that Pantu won. He was getting quite old and ill, so just couldn't do it any more. He was always keen to go on car trips and occasionally he would lay down to block the entrance. He could make himself so heavy that we couldn't lift him and he only moved when the boot was opened and he could get in. He has been so gentle and patient with the children ever since they were little and pulled his tail and put their fingers in his eyes. He seemed to understand very clearly what we were talking about and sometimes we were wondering if he will start speaking any moment. When we left this summer I thought we will probably not see him again as he had been quite ill. Now on Friday he was run over by the neighbor's car as he probably didn't hear it coming and the neighbor couldn't stop in time. His injuries were so bad that the owner shot him. So that's the sad end of Pantu and Koovalja will never be quite the same.

2 comments:

marucho said...

kui Päntu oli esimest korda väga haige see suvi, juuni kuus, siis ma nutsin ja palusin teda, et kas ta saaks selle suve veel vastu pidada, kuni lapsed tulevad, ja hakkasin talle pannkooke küpsetama, ja siis ta hakkas neid mu väikseid pannkooke sööma, ja me tegime vaikiva kokkuleppe, et ta ootab teid ära, ja ta hakkas sööma ja eluvaim tuli tagasi. korraks. ja nüüd, me jõudsime maale täpselt tund aega liiga hilja, et taga hüvasti jätta. ühe karvatuti, mis ma sepikojast leidsin, peidsin kappi, et kui kunaghi on nii palju raha et Päntut kloonida, siis teeme, aga ma arvan et selleks ajaks on ta juba kellegi meie poegade kehasse läinud. kuna selleks ta oli ju valmis. jumal sinuga, Päntu. Sinu sõbrad, Konn ja Marucho.

Maris said...

Jah, nii hirmus kahju on. Mitu paeva ei julgenud lastele oelda, lopuks ikka ytlesin. Aga ega hinge ei saa kloonida, eks see kolib kuhugi mujale ja kui hirmsasti veab, siis leiame selle yles.