I was a writer, not having sold a thing. It was only then that I learned that Frosty had died peacefully one night in his sleep, nine years after the three of us hacked him out of the ice. He was a great companion, Pauly said, a good dog with a happy life. His words brought a tear to my eye, but Paul only shrugged and walked away. But most of all I ll never forget Pauly and his selflessness that day.
Humanity is a wonderful thing.
2000 Bobbi McCutcheon Bobbi McCutcheon is the author of a completed science fiction novel, which she's spent the last four years developing. She acquired a literary agent three months ago, but so far it has not sold. She grew up in Boise, Idaho, and now lives in Juneau, Alaska with her husband and three children.