/lit/ - Literature

>>7334648
It's not much of a story.
>Dad is a divorced retired firefighter who lives nearly 300 miles away from his kids, the only family he really ever sees
>He lives a fair bit outside of town as well so, on a day-to-day basis, the only interaction he has is with Knight, our dachshund
>Dad lives up in the mountains where there are mountain lions, large birds, deer, and bears and boars on occasion
>Knight has gone blind in one eye and completely deaf just from old age
>(He used to have seizures and lost the use of both rear legs about eight years ago, but I think he got bored of dragging them around because he just started walking normally again one day)
>Anyway, it's a fairly dangerous place to be for a dog in his condition, so he's basically always somewhere nearby to Dad and comes with him everywhere
>Dad agrees to do some work for an old woman that often has jobs for him on her property, things like cutting up and removing fallen trees or building sheds >For whatever reason, Dad is towing pic-related (he often buys large machinery that he uses for prospecting)
>He gets there, lets Knight out, chats with the woman for a bit
>Ready to get to work, he sees that he needs to pull closer to the house
>He unhitches the trailer without checking to see where Knight is
>Yelp
>Knight was crushed by the end of the trailer
>Dad runs to him, who's lying there whining and wagging his tail
>Knight dies a few minutes later in Dad's lap
His trailer has the axle more towards the middle, unlike the one pictured which has it pretty near to the end. I think it was just back-heavy and the end dropped. Usually he's pretty good with tying things down and checking weight distribution and all that, but it wouldn't be the first time he's made a stupid mistake.