I always thought that such stories only happen in movies and books, that all this romantic snot and pink unicorns are the fruit of the imagination of not very gifted authors.

But this is exactly the story that happened before my eyes, which I involuntarily became a witness to.

That day, I went straight from work to the station, no one saw me off, I was going to see my mother, I had been planning to visit her for a long time, and now I had just received my long-awaited vacation.

The road ahead was long, but I preferred to travel by train, to fly by plane, I honestly admit, I was always afraid. The train was about to board, I got into the compartment, put my things on the upper berth and sat by the window. Two middle-aged men were saying goodbye on the platform.

Next to me sat an incredibly beautiful dog, a Labrador breed, with incredibly sad eyes. I was distracted for a while, and when I looked out the window again, there was no one on the platform. A few minutes later, the same man who had been on the platform with his friend and dog entered my compartment.

It turned out that we were fellow travelers. The train started moving, but no one else got into our compartment. “What a beautiful dog your friend has!” I was simply captivated, I began to speak, trying to establish contact.

“That’s my dog,” the man answered. “And where is she now?” “She’s traveling, as she should be, according to the railway rules, in a special car, in a compartment,” the man answered quietly, and his eyes became as sad as his dog’s. I felt that he didn’t want to communicate, and so I left him alone.

At the nearest large station with a long train stop, he walked his dog along the platform for a long time. The train started moving again, and I decided to talk to my fellow traveler again.

“You know, isn’t it possible to arrange for the dog to travel with us in the compartment? Let’s get her out of this damned place, I can see how you’re both suffering.” The man looked at me with undisguised interest. “But that’s not allowed, it’s prohibited by the rules for transporting animals.” “To hell with these rules, we’re going together, I’m not at all against the dog traveling with us…