August 2012 - Indian Airforce

of his legs and not his teeth. Second and more
importantly, he stank! I felt for the presiding
offi cer. There were no fall guys this time. It would
be interesting to see whom the Court would pin
it on. But I had underestimated them for they
were already way ahead of me. They had already
tagged ‘The Dog’. Blaming the dog would be a
challenge though since he could not defend
himself. The team went to see the dog which
was being treated in a special ward in the SMC,
which was quite funny because it had not lived in
such comfort since its birth. If loss of a limb was
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the price one had to pay for such lavish comfort
then it was an acceptable trade off. There was
plenty more where that came from. He had three
more legs to boot. Now they say dog is a man’s
best friend. Perhaps because it can read a man’s
mind like a book. The presiding offi cer was an
old washed up fi ghter pilot who forgot to wear
his ‘Ray Bans’ when he entered the dog’s room.
They also say that eyes are the window to one’s
soul. The dog looked into the presiding offi cer’s
eyes. He could not believe what he saw. They
were out to get him. All he had wanted to do
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