Dog by Daniel Pennac

Dog and Black Nose were waiting patiently at the bottom of the tip. They could hear the distant hum of engines. Then a cloud of dust rose up behind the plane trees lining the road. The rubbish trucks loomed into sight;the avalanche followed. How did it happen?And accident that was over in a flash. They'd dodged everything and located all the likely spots. But then a huge white metal object came tumbling out of the skip. It bounced off the heap and spun round heavily in the air. "Watch out for that fridge!" Warned Black Nose. Dog laughed and leaped to one side as Black Nose jumped forward to let the fridge land behind her. Which it did. But the door had worked itself lose in mid flight. Black Nose didn't see it because it was hidden by the bulk of the fridge. It was the door that killed her. Dog thought it was a joke when he saw her laid out flat and panting. He ran round her yapping and wriggling his behind. "Stop fooling around," murmured Black Nose."not now..."Dog stopped in his tracks and for the first time in his life he felt and icy an icy shiver run down his spine:Total terror. Somehow he plucked up the courage to get close the her.