The Storm

On a hut near the ocean Aron and Paula are making the fire to heat themselves in a stormy night.
"It should be hot, we're in the middle of the summer, this is not normal"
Aron takes the small cloth covering the window and looks outside. A strong thunder makes the hut shake and the flicker of the lightning reveals the high waves of the sea.
"Nothing to see there, you'd better come here and help me with the food"
"I thought i saw something there... on the waves"
"It's too dark o see anything, you'd do anything but help me, I always have to do everything on my own. Why God have I fallen in love for such a lazy man."
"In the lightning, ah, woman, what do you want me to do, I fish all day long to give us something to eat."
"A fish a day is not bringing food, we're old now, what will we do later?"
Mumbling something Aron goes and taking a knife starts cutting a carrot in small pieces.
"What in the name of god are you doing there, have I asked you to cut carrots? Go away! You'd better go get some more wood, it's not enough."
Aron puts on a raincoat, and goes towards the door pushing Ben with the foot moving along the carpet under the dog close to the fire. Ben is the household's dog, it looks like a Saint Bernard but it's all yellow except for its black ears. They never thought it would get this big when they found it as a puppy lots of years ago, but they cannot part with Ben even if it's hard feeding the whole family during the winters..
"And you say I'm lazy. He did not even flinch, his tail could be on fire he would still sleep."
"Just go get the wood, I'll make the food and see if you can find Mindy, I'm worried and I don't want her to catch a cold."
"It's just a cat, with fur, I would not worry about Mindy." said Aron getting into the storm outside.
Aron knocks hard with its foot in the door and blasts it to the wall, even Ben put hid head up to look at the noise and starts growling.
"You will not guess what I found outside, come and help me, somebody was drowning in the water, told ya I saw something there in the water. There might be more, but I can't see anybody else."
Paula helps him put the stranger on the bed.
"Get some blankets, and bring me that whiskey you keep hiding along in the old closet, we need to make him warm. He's knocked up pretty bad." said Paula while getting some blankets.
"Let's hope he'll make it through the night, I can't go into the town now and get the doc."
"Let's just hope this is not trouble for us, there are no ships that sail this part of sea, no good ships anyway" replied Paula with trembling voice.
"As soon as he can walk he'll be gone, Ben does not like him, and he likes everybody, even that damn cop" said Aron.
"I'll bottle some hot water to keep him warm."
Thunders strike outside while the people in the house try to bring warmth to the stranger they took into their home.