The fox appeals to conscience again

There is a war going on. Peter's father goes to the front, but first he must take his son to his grandfather, because there is no one else to take care of the boy: his mother died several years ago.

The boy has a tame fox named Pax, with whom he is in constant contact, but the fox cannot be taken with him, he has to be taken to the forest and treacherously abandoned there. Peter suffers mortally, but does not dare to contradict his father: his father is a complex man, and Peter is just a child, albeit one who matured early.

However, once at his grandfather’s and saying goodbye to his father, Peter suddenly clearly understands that all his father’s admonitions were a deception: Pax, who spent his entire life next to a person, will not survive in the wild; they, the owners, doomed Pax to certain death.

Peter then goes to save Pax. He will have to walk tens of kilometers, in unfamiliar terrain, in the forest, approaching the front line. The path will be very difficult physically and mentally, all the way Peter will be counting in his mind Pax’s chances of salvation, losing and regaining hope, making superhuman efforts on himself so as not to arrive too late.

And at this time, Pax is trying to survive, he does not blame his boy, he is waiting for him, because the boy just left for a while and will definitely return soon. In the meantime, we must learn to get not only food, but even water, hide from the cold, get along with other animals and escape from some monstrous destructive force.

This book does not describe the horrors of war, and this war is not historical - just some kind of abstract war. But it embraces everything: people, animals, nature. It is impossible to stay away from her, she rolls out life itself like a skating rink.