The Dog

The child saw the woman with an axe and the dog's lead .
'Don't do it', she grabbed the woman's arm. The woman raised the axe, the child recoiled. She didn't need words to understand.
It was a hot summer day. The child stayed sobbing by the dead dog's side. She didn't dare going into the house.
When the man came late at night, he dug a grave, threw in the dog, fetched the other dog too. They were taking everything she loved. The child knew she would have to run, because one day, a grave would be for her.