Seton's Dog

---The danger was approaching

Animals sometimes possess a very strange, almost inexplicable sense. This might be one such story.

Ernest Seton. He is the famous author of the Seton Animal Chronicles.

He once owned a dog.

It was a collie named Bingo.

At the time, Ernest was working on a farm with his brother, but one day, his brother went out to a distant valley to collect hay.

At that time, Ernest's brother tried to take Bingo with him, but the dog absolutely refused to follow. Instead, he let out a mournful howl.

Ernest's brother gave up and set off alone in the wagon.

All day long, Bingo paced around anxiously, never leaving Ernest's side. He kept howling sadly.

Eventually, Ernest couldn't stand it anymore and said,

"Go away!"

He even threw things nearby at him, but Bingo would not stop his behavior no matter what.

At that moment, it suddenly occurred to Ernest,

"Could it be that he senses something is going to happen to my brother? Is that why he was desperately trying to stop my brother from leaving?"

Ernest waited for his brother's return, worried that he might never see him alive again.

In the evening, Ernest's brother returned safely. Ernest asked him, feeling relieved.

"Was there anything unusual?"

"Why would there be anything unusual!"

In the end, at that time, Ernest remained unaware of what the dog's actions had meant.

Decades later, Ernest had the opportunity to meet a very famous expert who studied such mysterious, supernatural events, and he asked him about it.

Upon hearing Ernest's story, the researcher suddenly became serious and said,

"When there was some danger, did the dog go toward your brother? Or did it go toward you?"

"Toward me..."

"Then, the danger was not approaching your brother, but you. Bingo stayed at home and saved your life."

"Is that so?"

"Whether you believe it or not is up to you. However, if you had been alone that day, your life would have been lost."

Ernest thought to himself, "That's ridiculous..." but he said that he felt a chill when he heard that.

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