Каштанка. Рисунки А.В. Траугот

Vsi͡akiĭ li chelovek zasluzhivaet li͡ubvi i predannosti svoego pitomt͡sa? K sobake Kashtanke eë khozi͡aeva otnosilisʹ, v obshchem-to, ne ochenʹ khorosho. I dazhe kogda ona poteri͡alasʹ i eë prii͡util dobryĭ neznakomet͡s, izredka ona vsë ravno vspominala svoikh prezhnikh nelaskovykh vladelʹt͡sev. I naverni͡aka zhiznʹ ryzheĭ sobachki v novom dome byla by luchshe, esli by odnazhdy ona ne uslyshala v tolpe golos svoego pervogo khozi͡aina…

Does everyone deserve the love and devotion of their pet? Her owners didn't treat Kashtanka's dog very well, in general. And even when she got lost and was sheltered by a kind stranger, occasionally she still remembered her former unfriendly owners. And for sure, the life of a red dog in a new house would have been better if one day she had not heard the voice of her first owner in the crowd…