I plan to finish the first draft this year.
This is the first page.
Would appreciate your input.
Chernobyl Dog First draft
Chapter 1a
Sunset, Gulf of Mexico
Southwest Florida, USA
David Nelson carefully lowered himself into his low slung beach chair. Although obviously fit and younger appearing than his advancing years, he was weary from his evening beach walk. As usual, he would rest for half an hour before heading home, allowing his thoughts to wander aimlessly.
Just this past week he had read a newspaper column about the dogs of Chernobyl. Shortly after the nuclear accident at the Chernobyl Nuclear plant the Russian government had ordered the evacuation of the city. Civilians had an hour to gather up the belongings they could carry and were loaded onto busses. As the busses pulled away from the neighborhoods the people on the bus could see the family dogs running after the busses. The little ones gave up first but some of the large dogs ran for miles. Finally the dogs had stopped and started to look around and at each other. Why had their masters, the object of their unconditional love, abandoned them? Most of them found their way back to their homes and became the first victims of the nuclear accident to perish.
David imagined how the dogs must have reacted. They most likely stayed near their homes, sharply aware of every movement and noise, hopefully waiting for their master’s return. David knew from experience how the dogs agonized and then panicked when they realized they were alone. He had been abandoned at age five. He was a Chernobyl dog
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