The Flying Dog

gerki

by gerki

Story

I’m sitting in the airplane to Miami, Florida, of course, in the ECO. Already at the gate I noticed 2 elderly ladies with a little dog, who had taken care of that animal very much and look, all three of them are sitting in the row in front of me. The little dog is sitting in a bag with a zippered lid that has mesh bars on the side.

He yelps and squeaks so that I call him “Squeaky” for lack of closer acquaintance. At first, his head is still peeking out of the bag, but then a flight attendant comes over and explains quite firmly that Squeaky should actually disappear completely into his bag, with the zipper pulled shut. At this, of course, Squeaky protests loudly!

“What’s going on,” he seemed to be shouting, “you all sit there watching violent movies and I little Squeaky am a threat to you? All I want is a little space – I had to pay for my own ticket anyway.”

When it’s time for dinner, there’s no treat for Squeaky, he must be content with the bits and pieces the ladies shove at him from their rations. Doesn’t Do&Co (the catering company) have a heart for small dogs at all, what about the dog inflight gourmet menu? Has he been completely forgotten and do these people believe that dogs above 10,000 meters of flight altitude have no appetite anymore? “What a luck to have two such nice elderly ladies with me who have a heart for me,” thinks Squeaky.

And then there is the “small and the big business”! All the passengers get up and regularlywander off in the direction of the toilets, but what about Squeaky? Where is he allowed to lift his little leg and relieve himself? Surely this was forgotten when the plane was built and no tree was built in for little squeakies. Since the need is nevertheless there, the squeaking and barking gets louder and louder and signals the great need.

The nearby passengers react irritated to this disturbance. Although they forget how often they disturbingly run to the toilet, only the elderly ladies understand the signals, because they are also with their hearts with Squeaky. They grab him out of his bag and carry him – where? To the tree would be correct, but as the builder forgot to put it in it is the toilet and Squeaky comes back relieved into his bag.

Finally, the descent of the flight is announced and the landing goes smoothly. We all leave the plane and there I see him: Squeaky runs and jumps, squeaking happy around the terminal and shows that even flying dogs are happiest on the ground.

© gerki 2022-11-28

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