The Gifts Animals Can Give

As an only child until 11 years old, I had many lonely hours to fill. Whenever a dog lost his way or found himself without shelter, he would follow me home from school or from the park. It didn't seem polite to refuse a lost animal a meal and a warm place to sleep for the night.

But one night usually turned into two, and sometimes three. Just as we were beginning to be friends, just as I was growing accustomed to being greeted at the steps when I returned from school, with the wag of a tail, someone in the apartment would complain. Someone would tell the landlord.

The story was always the same. I would return home from school and my companion, my delightful pal would be gone. But I kept bringing strays home.

A lonely day was never quite as empty with a dog's nose nuzzling against my knee, begging for attention. "Some day I'm going to have as many animals as I want," I promised myself. Years later, when that some day arrived, I did. And now I would like to bring them into your life, as they came into mine.

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Harriet May Savitz
• Verlag: iUniverse
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Taschenbuch
• Erschienen: 04.05.2008
• EAN: 9780595502516
• ISBN: 978-0-595-50251-6
• Seiten: 96
• Abmessung: 152 mm x 229 mm x 6 mm
• Gewicht: 153 g
• Themen: Kinder- und Jugendbücher > Sachbücher / Sachbilderbücher > Tiere, Pflanzen, Natur, Umwelt; Ratgeber > Natur