Beware of the Dog (A Roald Dahl Short Story)
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Or isn't his granddaughter that super model who used to be bigger and is now very skinny and isn't she married to the very short musician even though she is very tall? Or even, isn't he the man who wrote scary stories to freak children out because really, he did not like small children and their self s If you mentioned Roald Dahl to people you'd most likely elicit two or three common responses. Or even, isn't he the man who wrote scary stories to freak children out because really, he did not like small children and their self serving and mendacious ways? Some of these things are half true.
Some are not true at all but exist as a sort of wall of myth which surrounds Roald Dahl. The best thing about Dahl is that he wrote some truly excellent adult stories which have seem to have been overlooked by the public at large who are rather more fond of the chocolate rivers, giant fruit and abusive bearded guardians. Beware of the Dog is a short, well crafted war story which describes the downing of a plane and its wounded pilot.
With a few hundred well placed words, Dahl takes you on a journey into the pilots mind as he considers what will happen when he returns to base, wounded from his mission and minus a limb. Never one to tell a straightforward story there's a neat little twist in the tale, after all it's not only children who enjoy surprises. View all 4 comments. Dec 27, Regina Fleck rated it really liked it. Beware of this short story Contrary to what the title - and the name Roald Dahl - may suggest, this story is not about an angry, foaming dog who goes through a redemption arc and becomes some kid's sweet, bubbly pet.
It is, actually, a skilfully crafted psychological short story about a pilot who lost his leg during WWII. Jun 11, Prashant rated it liked it Shelves: I hadn't read the introduction and review of this story and so wasn't expecting a story for adults coming from the mind of Dahl. But the fact is, Dahl have actually written some stories for adults and this is one among them. The story goes fine but the ending is a little abrupt and it left me confirming twice if the story has actually ended. It's a short story of a pilot who lost his leg in the combat and it gives the thoughts going on his mind vis-a-vis his reunion with his friends in the light I hadn't read the introduction and review of this story and so wasn't expecting a story for adults coming from the mind of Dahl.
It's a short story of a pilot who lost his leg in the combat and it gives the thoughts going on his mind vis-a-vis his reunion with his friends in the light of the recent developments. The story has it's twists but still it left me wanting for more. I just read that in reality Dahl hated children and abhorred their shenanigans.
That's interesting, especially for the most acclaimed children's books writer. Oct 10, Avery rated it really liked it. Overall the story was really amazing and i feel like i could relate to the book because of how much i like history. WWII is a big part in history and i know a lot about it. Peter other known as the man is in a Plane where he is missing his right leg.
As he is trying to stay awake he faints. He then wakes up in a hospital where the Nurse tells him is in Germany. Peter lost his leg in the plane crash, so he had to be nursed and bathed and treated. When the nurse lef Personal Response: When the nurse left the room for the night he crawls out of bed to the window to see where he really is because things didn't seem like they would if it were Germany.
When he moves the curtains from the window he see three words "Garde au chien" these words are not in German they are in French.
After he realizes that he is actually in France he finds out a General is coming to see him to report a combat injury forum. When the French General comes in he asks for his ranking and his number so he can report his injury for the "French soldier" the man says "My name is Peter Williamson. My rank is Squadron Leader and my number is nine seven two four five seven. This then concludes the story.
Beware of the Dog (short story)
Peter betrayed his country instead of saying he was the enemy. Later in the story he finds out that the only way to survive is to pretend he is a French Pilot and betray his country. Jan 12, Neda rated it really liked it Shelves: A nice anti-war short story.. Sep 25, Debarati Chakraborty rated it really liked it.
I really liked the way it ended Aug 24, Patrick Stooks rated it really liked it Shelves: This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers. To view it, click here. I found this book very enjoyable due to the manner in which the story progresses, with Peter so suddenly yet casually revealing the loss of his right leg, as well as the slow reveal, through the use of subtle hints most would not notice, that he is captive in France. I also enjoyed the end of the story, with Peter knowing the steps to take to secure the safety of himself and his fellow troops.
Aug 24, Maya Hyman rated it really liked it. I really loved this book and would love to read more of his stories from WWII.
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Roald gives such a different perspective of history of events or scenario, which makes his writing so unique from others. The way he describes the internal dilemma that the British soldier is having in the fake hospital could be a very real casino during that time period, Nazi-occupied countries would do anything to captiviate and or capture their enemies to find out any necessary information. I've got a brother in the RAF ," she added. She looked up quickly. She had finished washing his chest and arms, and now she turned back the bedclothes, so that his left leg was uncovered.
She did it in such a way that his bandaged stump remained under the sheets. She undid the cord of his pajama trousers and took them off. There was no trouble because they had cut off the right trouser leg, so that it could not interfere with the bandages. She began to wash his left leg and the rest of his body.
This was the first time he had had a bed bath, and he was embarrassed. She laid a towel under his leg, and she was washing his foot with the flannel. She said, "This wretched soap won't lather at all. It's as hard as nails. He said, "None of the soap is very good now and, of course, with hard water it's hopeless. He remembered the baths which he used to take at school in Brighton, in the long stone-floored bathroom which had four baths in a room. He remembered how the water was so soft that you had to take a shower afterwards to get all the soap off your body, and he remembered how the foam used to float on the surface of the water, so that you could not see your legs underneath.
He remembered that sometimes they were given calcium tablets because the school doctor used to say that soft water was bad for the teeth. He did not finish the sentence. Something had occurred to him; something so fantastic and absurd that for a moment he felt like telling the nurse about it and having a good laugh. She rinsed the flannel in the basin, wiped the soap off his leg, and dried him with a towel. That night he could not sleep. He lay awake thinking of the Junkers 88's and of the hardness of the water. He could think of nothing else. They were JU's, he said to himself. I know they were.
And yet it is not possible, because they would not be flying around so low over here in broad daylight. I know that it is true, and yet I know that it is impossible. Perhaps I am ill. Perhaps I am behaving like a fool and do not know what I am doing or saying. Perhaps I am delirious. For a long time he lay awake thinking these things, and once he sat up in bed and said aloud, "I will prove that I am not crazy.
I will make a little speech about something complicated and intellectual. I will talk about what to do with Germany after the war. He woke just as the first light of day was showing through the slit in the curtains over the window. The room was still dark, but he could tell that it was already beginning to get light outside. He lay looking at the grey light which was showing through the slit in the curtain, and as he lay there he remembered the day before.
He remembered the Junkers 88's and the hardness of the water; he remembered the large pleasant nurse and the kind doctor, and now the small grain of doubt took root in his mind and it began to grow. He looked around the room. The nurse had taken the roses out the night before, and there was nothing except the table with a packet of cigarettes, a box of matches and an ash tray.
Otherwise, it was bare. It was no longer warm or friendly. It was not even comfortable.
It was cold and empty and very quiet. Slowly the grain of doubt grew, and with it came fear, a light, dancing fear that warned but did not frighten; the kind of fear that one gets not because one is afraid, but because one feels that there is something wrong. Quickly the doubt and the fear grew so that he became restless and angry, and when he touched his forehead with his hand, he found that it was damp with sweat. He knew then that he must do something; that he must find some way of proving to himself that he was either right or wrong, and he looked up and saw again the window and the green curtains.
From where he lay, that window was right in front of him, but it was fully ten yards away. Somehow he must reach it and look out. The idea became an obsession with him, and soon he could think of nothing except the window. But what about his leg? He put his hand underneath the bedclothes and felt the thick bandaged stump which was all that was left on the right-hand side. It seemed all right. But it would not be easy. Then he pushed the bedclothes aside and put his left leg on the floor.
Slowly, carefully, he swung his body over until he had both hands on the floor as well; and then he was out of bed, kneeling on the carpet.
He looked at the stump. It was very short and thick, covered with bandages.
It was beginning to hurt and he could feel it throbbing. He wanted to collapse, lie down on the carpet and do nothing, but he knew that he must go on. With two arms and one leg, he crawled over towards the window. He would reach forward as far as he could with his arms, then he would give a little jump and slide his left leg along after them. Each time he did, it jarred his wound so that he gave a soft grunt of pain, but he continued to crawl across the floor on two hands and one knee.
When he got to the window he reached up, and one at a time he placed both hands on the sill. Slowly he raised himself up until he was standing on his left leg. Then quickly he pushed aside the curtains and looked out. He saw a small house with a gray tiled roof standing alone beside a narrow lane, and immediately behind it there was a plowed field. In front of the house there was an untidy garden, and there was a green hedge separating the garden from the lane. He was looking at the hedge when he saw the sign. It was just a piece of board nailed to the top of a short pole, and because the hedge had not been trimmed for a long time, the branches had grown out around the sign so that it seemed almost as though it had been placed in the middle of the hedge.
There was something written on the board with white paint, and he pressed his head against the glass of the window, trying to read what it said. The first letter was a G, he could see that. The second was an A, and the third was an R. One after another he managed to see what the letters were. There were three words, and slowly he spelled the letters out aloud to himself as he managed to read them. That is what it said. He stood there balancing on one leg and holding tightly to the edges of the window sill with his hands, staring at the sign and at the whitewashed lettering of the words.
For a moment he could think of nothing at all. He stood there looking at the sign, repeating the words over and over to himself, and then slowly he began to realize the full meaning of the thing. He looked up at the cottage and at the plowed field. He looked at the small orchard on the left of the cottage and he looked at the green countryside beyond.
Now the throbbing in his right thigh was very great. It felt as though someone was pounding the end of his stump with a hammer, and suddenly the pain became so intense that it affected his head and for a moment he thought he was going to fall. Quickly he knelt down again, crawled back to the bed and hoisted himself in. He pulled the bedclothes over himself and lay back on the pillow, exhausted. He could still think of nothing at all except the small sign by the hedge, and the plowed field and the orchard. It was the words on the sign that he could not forget.
It was some time before the nurse came in. She came carrying a basin of hot water and she said, "Good morning, how are you today? The pain was still great under the bandages, but he did not wish to tell this woman anything. He looked at her as she busied herself with getting the washing things ready. He looked at her more carefully now. Her hair was very fair. She was tall and big-boned, and her face seemed pleasant. But there was something a little uneasy about her eyes. They were never still.
They never looked at anything for more than a moment and they moved too quickly from one place to another in the room. There was something about her movements also. They were too sharp and nervous to go well with the casual manner in which she spoke. I expect you know all about it. How you got shot down and all that. I won't let him stay long, so don't worry.
She finished washing him, and gave him a toothbrush and some tooth powder.