Field post letters from hans koch, vienna, world war ii, eastern front, 1922-1945 previous letter (1934-11-20) letter date (1934-11-24) next letter (1935-01-03) vienna and my brother, clumsy in carrying out their plans. They both returned dead tired from their trip to austria's capital. Pürschl [presumably the dog] didn't leave my heels for the first few days after you children left; he thought that i had to fly out with the viennese boys again and the dear fellow always thought his presence was absolutely necessary; apart from that one time when i saw him when we were going to the dürnbergalpe [dürrenberg alpe; dürrenberg alm; dürrnberg ], but pürschl was very offended after that and wanted to make things easier after your departure so that he could no longer be outdone: he placed his kicks very close to mine. Now he has apparently forgotten you viennese rascals; he catches so many mice that he cannot eat them. "white" and "little" (our cats!) also catch an incredible number of mice in the fields, bite them to death and then have to leave the animals for the ravens of heaven to eat, otherwise we would have to consult the vet because our cats have overeaten. Last sunday i went with pürschl to rieden [village and town in the municipality of ehenbichl] and home through the klausenwald. There pürschl, whom i had forgotten to tag along, found a beautiful deer. The little animal stopped barely 3 meters away from me, frightened, in the middle of the forest path, and then fled with lightning speed, you can. Date: 24 September 1934.
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