The winter day was silent and freezing. The driver was going along his usual route; everything seemed the same as always. But suddenly something unusual caught his attention — a pack of wolves was standing right on the tracks.
They didn’t run away or hide in the forest, as predators usually do when they see a train. On the contrary, the wolves, it seemed, deliberately blocked the train’s path. Their amber eyes shone under the headlights, and they howled one after the other — so loud and long that the driver was astonished.
Instinctively, he pressed the brakes. The wheels screeched, and the train, pushed by inertia, rolled forward a few more meters — one of the wolves almost ended up under the wheels. But even then, the animals didn’t move. They remained standing on the tracks, forbidding the steel machine from advancing.
At first, the driver thought the wolves had simply gone mad or were starving and preparing to attack. But then he squinted, trying to understand why they were standing on the rails.
And then he noticed — on the tracks, in the white snow, there was something strange and unusual 
A man dressed in white was lying across the tracks — motionless, as if unconscious.
The driver ran out. The icy air hit his face. The wolves still did not move; instead, they parted, allowing him to approach the fallen man.
It was as though the animals understood that this person was important to them, and they had stopped the train for him.
He bent down and checked his pulse. The man was alive, but barely breathing. He revived him — rubbing his hands and controlling his breathing. The injured man slowly opened his eyes, his lips trembling from the cold, but he managed to whisper a few words.
“They… saved me…”
It turned out that someone had actually wanted to take his life. A few people had beaten him and thrown him directly onto the tracks — hoping that the next train would finish the job.
But the wolves, sensing danger, gathered as a pack and stood on the tracks — protecting him until the end.
The train driver radioed for help. While waiting for the rescuers, he covered the injured man with everything he found in the cabin — an old blanket and his own coat. The wolves stayed nearby, watchfully following every move.
When rescue workers arrived and pulled the man out, the pack slowly retreated into the forest. Their mission was completed.
