I last read The Stand two or more decades ago and recently revisited the novel. In the intervening years I barely remembered a dog being in quite a bit of the story. This time around I found I have a special fondness for the following Kojak moments:
I had to smile at this last one as it reminds so much of walks with my own dog. She runs circles around hubby and me when we go hiking. Think she does 4 miles for every one of ours with all the back and forth.
Guess this reflects my evolution as a person and what has become more important to me in my later years. Somehow I have the feeling I’m not the only dog crazy one around here
Chapter 52
“That damn dog came back to me. I wish to Christ I hadn’t left him behind to come on his own, Stu. That makes me feel so friggin bad.”
“That damn dog came back to me. I wish to Christ I hadn’t left him behind to come on his own, Stu. That makes me feel so friggin bad.”
Chapter 73
‘The black shadow wagged its tail and came. “Kojak?” It was. And there was something in his mouth, something he dropped at Stu’s feet. He sat down, tail thumping, waiting to be complimented. “Good dog,” Stu said in amazement. “Good dog!” Kojak had brought him a rabbit.’
‘Barking with joy, Kojak went again. In twenty minutes, he had brought back enough wood for a large fire.’
‘When the coals of the fire had burned down to embers, Kojak came over and slept next to him, giving Stu his heat. And that was how, on the first night after the party was broken, Stu ate when the others went hungry, and slept easy while their sleep was broken’
‘The black shadow wagged its tail and came. “Kojak?” It was. And there was something in his mouth, something he dropped at Stu’s feet. He sat down, tail thumping, waiting to be complimented. “Good dog,” Stu said in amazement. “Good dog!” Kojak had brought him a rabbit.’
‘Barking with joy, Kojak went again. In twenty minutes, he had brought back enough wood for a large fire.’
‘When the coals of the fire had burned down to embers, Kojak came over and slept next to him, giving Stu his heat. And that was how, on the first night after the party was broken, Stu ate when the others went hungry, and slept easy while their sleep was broken’
Chapter 72
'Then Kojak was bounding blithely past him, kicking up little puffs of dirt and sending down only small runnels of earth. A moment later he was standing on the bottom, wagging his tail and barking amiably up at Stu. “F***ing showoff dog,” Stu growled’
'Then Kojak was bounding blithely past him, kicking up little puffs of dirt and sending down only small runnels of earth. A moment later he was standing on the bottom, wagging his tail and barking amiably up at Stu. “F***ing showoff dog,” Stu growled’
I had to smile at this last one as it reminds so much of walks with my own dog. She runs circles around hubby and me when we go hiking. Think she does 4 miles for every one of ours with all the back and forth.
Guess this reflects my evolution as a person and what has become more important to me in my later years. Somehow I have the feeling I’m not the only dog crazy one around here