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JUST
ANOTHER DAY
I remember one particular day when we had been traveling across the arctic for about five weeks. In all that time, there had not been a single trail to follow. Suddenly we came to the Mackenzie River. It was frozen and snowplows had scraped all the snow off to create an ice-road so people could drive cars and trucks right on the river! Pam called “Haw!” and we turned left and got on the ice-road. To me, that ice-road looked like a big beautiful trail. It was heavenly. I relaxed so much my ears drooped. For about an hour I walked along, enjoying easy travel and the feel of slick ice under my paws. Then I began hearing a strange sort of rumble coming along behind us. It grew louder and louder. I looked behind me and there was a giant snowplow bearing down on us! There were high steep snow banks on either side of us and I didn’t know what to do. Then I heard Pam calmly call “Douggie, gee!” I looked to the right and saw a low place in the snow bank. Oh, I didn’t want to leave that beautiful trail, but my job was to do what Pam said and so I quickly led the team over the snow bank and back onto the tundra. The snowplow stopped and the driver and Pam talked for a while. He said he had never before seen a lead dog leave the road like that. Pam told him what a great leader I was and that she could always count on me. I don’t think it was anything special because I was just doing my job. For me it was just another day on the trail. Read the Newshound Report by Roald right here! |
