Hi My name is Darlene and I have a true story to tell.
However the names of other
people in this story have been changed for reasons you
will realize soon enough.
When I was 18 I owned a Husky Shepherd Wolf mix named Kamikaze.
He was a very intelligent and beautiful animal who was full of personality.
Kaz was my best friend and wouldn’t hesitate to protect me from harm.
We went everywhere together I rigged up a harness and line to
the bed of my Toyota pickup next to the cab to make sure he stayed safe.
Kaz loved going in the truck for a ride and would eagerly bound up to the
bed as soon as the tailgate was dropped.
I had a friend who had a sister named “Lisa” she was the single mother
of a little three year old boy. “Brian” was not only very cute but shockingly
intelligent for being only 3. Lisa was living at her parents house and
I found that Brian was left there with his grandmother most of the time while
his mother dated a man who looked like nothing but trouble.
One day I stopped by with Kaz I let him out of the truck to meet Brian
who was playing on the front lawn. Kaz bounded out and began sniffing
everything and everyone. When he got to Brian he stopped dead.
Brian was standing there not really sure if he should be scared or what.
As large as Kaz was they were both staring straight into each others eyes.
There was a tense moment while I tried to decide whether I should
intervene or not when Brian suddenly smiled and offered a tiny little
leaf to Kaz by extending his hand. The way he was holding the leaf
pinched between his fingers there was only about a 1/4″ sticking out.
For that brief second Brian stood in the sunlight smiling at Kaz and
offering him the leaf Kaz was just staring back when suddenly his head
shot forward and back so fast it was a blur.
For one horrifying second I thought that Kaz had snatched this boy’s
hand right off his arm. Brian also had a look of shock on his face
and everyone else around us gasped.
Lisa quickly dropped to her knees and did a frantic inspection of Brian’s hand.
She looked up at me in awe “He didn’t even get saliva on his hand.”
She said in wonderment. Then Kaz started wagging his tail we all
looked at him he was holding the leaf in his mouth. Pretty incredible
considering the speed at which he took the leaf from Brian’s hand.
When Brian saw the leaf in Kaz’s mouth and his half cocked head
ears perked tail wagging Brian squealed with delight and took
off running across the lawn. Kaz happily bounded after him and
they were fast friends from then on. I regularly brought Kaz over to
play with Brian several times a week.
Sometimes I would give his grandma a break and take him and
Kaz to the park where they could both run and play.
They truly had a bond that was unbreakable.
Sadly Lisa’s boyfriend caused the death of Brian at the age of 4.
Two short month’s later Kaz was struck and killed by a car.
It was an extremely difficult time for me I cried inconsolably for a week
after Kaz’s death. For some reason however the memory of
Kaz and Brian playing together didn’t seem like past tense.
I truly believe they are together somewhere.
Brian and our best friend Kaz.
| Kaz and his father Fred |