Andrey was a veterinarian. Not a glamorous veterinarian in a big city who treats toychikov and tooth decay in spoiled cats. No, just hardcore: a village, an office on the edge of the forest, a vegetable garden. It’s literally a five-minute walk to the forest, a ravine behind the vegetable garden. You go down, you go up – and you’re already there. If you want to pick mushrooms, you want berries.
He treated life philosophically, like a villager. I didn’t particularly believe in reflection and horoscopes, but I relied on fate, the Lord and myself. He knew that what was written in the family could not be avoided. And there is nothing to make a mental mess.
If some plans have failed, it means that he organized them badly. And there’s nothing to suffer or wave your fists into the void, it’s better to do something useful. So that weekend he did not work out with a trip to the city. Well, it will be good for him in the garden, it’s time to clear up the accumulated cases.
The man took up the pitchfork, it was necessary to scatter fertilizers. But suddenly he noticed: a wolf was standing near the ravine, looking at him from behind a thin fence. He didn’t break into the garden, just looked.
An experienced doctor, Andrey understood: this is not a chance encounter, the predator is seriously worried about something. The wolf looked pitiful, clearly in despair. But he looked strong and healthy.
What did he need?
Andrey was going over in his memory what the wolf might suffer from. And he turned into the forest, walked slowly, and looked back at the man with every step.
The clever animal was calling him to follow him, which means that there was trouble in the forest.
Andrey knew that animals are able to establish contact if necessary.
The vet’s bag was always ready, you’d never guess who had what would happen. He slung the belt over his shoulder and followed the furry “client”.
Then I remembered: I wasn’t even afraid that a wild animal might show aggression.
The silence in the forest surprised him greatly, all the animals seemed to be hiding and waiting for something.
And the predator brought Andrey to the lair, it turned out that it was not so far away. He lowered his head, showing: he will not bite, he recognizes the leadership of a person.
And waited. Andrey sat down on his knees, looked into the recess.
Exhausted by childbirth, the she-wolf lay there, it seems, for a long time. She couldn’t push the cubs into the light in any way, the situation was not easy.
And to give birth to a wolf is not the most prudent idea. This is incredibly dangerous: even a loyal domestic dog can lose his mind for a few minutes and cling to the doctor – it hurts too much.
Andrey had to try to protect himself and not to hurt his mom.
It took several hours until the wolf coped and all the kids got out into the light.
Three small wet lumps lay next to the stomach, and the parents licked them, warmed them – and they squeaked.
Andrey had something to be proud of, all the kids survived. It was obvious: they were healthy, there were no injuries.
The father wolf came up to the man for a moment, stood next to his mother with his muzzle. Pressed his furry side.
That’s how a man was able to save a wolf family, not to let his mother die. He knows that now he has friends in the forest, even if they never meet again.
