Spring ice drift of the northern river. The element carries on the ice floe an unhappy, blind from birth, a puppy. At this time, swans return to their homeland and their cries sound like a hymn to the spring. With such a scenic scene begins the work. We will also begin our brief presentation. "Arcturus is a hound dog" - a story about "our younger brothers". His central character is a homeless dog with eyes struck by thorns. From somewhere in the spring brings a river. The ice came to the shore, and he escaped, reaching the land.
The puppy regretted the passer-by, whoturned out to be a doctor. The animal has found protection and shelter. Previously, he had no name. Now it appeared - the name of the brightest star of the northern sky. This acquired the name of Arcturus - a hound dog. The account of the peculiarities of his behavior testifies to the individual features that evoke sympathy: the dog never howled in pain, was selflessly brave. Blindness awakened in him a surprisingly subtle, phenomenal, sense of smell and hearing. Thanks to them, the surrounding reality became for the dog tangible. But until now the blind dog was moving uncertainly, sideways, unhurriedly, timidly. Bumping into an obstacle, she stopped, bewildered.
However, one day, after a walk in the forest, hewith his essence he realized, he felt his destiny: Arcturus is a hound dog. The author's account (the reader easily notices this) is filled with admiration. Although the speech, of course, is about the dog, but to characterize his hunting gons of a word other than "courage", perhaps, and not find it. The dog is blind. During his run, he receives numerous injuries, but this does not cool his ardor. Gon Arcturus is getting more and more effective. Once, playfully, he kicked out a big fox - this is already the result. Hunters call this dog "golden." One of them, an old man who had once lost a hunting eye, secretly stole Arcturus.
He did not regret the dog, as the former master doctor,testifies to the story "Arcturus - the Beagle Dog". The narration of the plot comes to an end: Arcturus, hunting, raids a sharp branch and receives a mortal wound. Only the next year a doctor's friend, a hunter, discovered the remains of Arcturus.
The main idea of the work has a philosophical meaning and is really deep. It is presented to the reader through the image of the animal. It is following your destiny in life.
Unfortunately, today many people build their ownlife is too rational. These are those who do not understand why you should have pets at all. "Arcturus is a hound dog" - the story of Yuri Pavlovich Kazakov - answers this question, though not directly, but by appealing to the feelings of the reader. The meaning of the fact that next to you an animal, selflessly loving you, is simple. It really helps a person to feel like a Man.
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