- Page 3 and 4: Dedicationfor my family:human, feli
- Page 5 and 6: ContentsCoverTitle PageDedicationEp
- Page 7 and 8: a very handsome dogthe beginningtor
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- Page 13 and 14: UFO: (1) unidentified food object,
- Page 15 and 16: confessionLook, nobody’s ever acc
- Page 17 and 18: robertName’s Bob.I’m a mutt of
- Page 19 and 20: how we metThe first time I met Ivan
- Page 22 and 23: When Ivan opened his eyes the next
- Page 24 and 25: but we’ll set that aside for now)
- Page 26 and 27: i’m yoursLemme tell you about bei
- Page 28 and 29: early daysI don’t remember much a
- Page 30 and 31: bossMy mom wasn’t much for names.
- Page 32 and 33: carsThe next morning I began my slo
- Page 34 and 35: luckJust as her talons, those marve
- Page 36 and 37: willI found a small hollow at the b
- Page 38 and 39: historyI made it to the mall. Slept
- Page 40 and 41: tennis ballThe way I understand thi
- Page 42 and 43: dreamThis morning I wake up in my c
- Page 44 and 45: the smell of a stormBy the time eve
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- Page 48 and 49: snickersWhile I watch from my perch
- Page 50 and 51: nutwitNutwit, the gray squirrel who
- Page 52 and 53: I leap, with effort, off the couch.
- Page 54 and 55: Don’t get me wrong. There are def
- Page 56 and 57: another confessionToo bad I know th
- Page 59 and 60: trustA while ago, Julia got it into
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my car thingI s’pose the real rea
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optionsStill haven’t been in a ca
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with SECURITY written on it.Which I
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clock versus moonJulia and I wait b
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the shelterI know our route to Ivan
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don’t have a safe home of their o
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“He’s a jerk,” I said, becaus
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the art of human watchingBy the tim
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“Hey, Bob,” says Hank. Sonia re
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the parkAs Julia walks, I sneak pee
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my inner wolfOn our way, we always
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“Those guys are fierce,” Kimu s
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enrichmentWe’re almost to my favo
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walls and bad guysJulia takes me ou
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And me? I guess my address is the s
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ivanIvan gets to me first.“Bob!
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marriageIvan and Kinyani are a lot
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me, because the crusts are where yo
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braveOnce, when we were still at th
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ruby“Uncle Bob!”Ruby races over
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ivan’s art“How’s it going, gi
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My pal Ivan is quite the artist, ju
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on the subject of chimpsProbably I
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It’s true. He carries around old
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the beginningIn the distance, thund
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torn apartNoise.It’s all noise.No
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airborneNot far, just into the near
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A silence that hurts even more than
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honestI’m not hurt.Banged up a li
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aardvarksAcross the way, I hear som
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“Are you sure?” the baby asks.
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smellsAnd the smells! Like I said,
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“Yep. Took a little flight, thoug
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I pass two squirrel monkeys swingin
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make no sudden movesI’ve ridden a
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These paws are the size of hamburge
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“Suzu. I can’t find her.”“A
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I need to stop. Regroup. Cool it, B
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Wind like that, storm wind, doesn
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I follow the bank until I come to a
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an idea“I’m going in,” says M
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team elephant“Hurry!” Ruby crie
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what’s out thereA handful of huma
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not movingI know that hand like the
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I check the crowd again. Still no s
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A wallaby pokes his nose out of a b
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huggingI run to Kinyani. “Don’t
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Sara loosens her grip on me ever so
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Ivan, then hook it to a tow bar on
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The mound sits up.miracle
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Which he proceeds to eat.Everyone,
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other victims.”Sara closes her ey
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jungleAs I watched that leap, watch
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heck gonna overreact.”“First th
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one placeI know what I have to do.D
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on my way“Bob!” Sara cries.“G
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lookingIvan used to ask me what I d
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sixThere’d been six of us in the
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cowardI was afraid. A coward.There
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enoughAfter a while I stopped going
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insideI pause to listen. I hear hum
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the return of snickersThe man pulls
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to me, “they call me Bob.”“Th
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catching upWe lick each other, snif
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“How’d you end up here?”“I
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not rightI stare at my sister and t
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evacuate now!“Look,” says the o
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Boots snaps her fingers. “Wait, y
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in Stretch’s domain. Howling like
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“Saved me?”“The thing is . .
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“Ahem.” Snickers makes a little
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an interesting lifeAn awful noise c
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heyThe water laps at my mouth, foul
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“We need to get all of you to hig
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I choke back a sob of relief.“Geo
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then, to my surpriseSome fool blurt
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traffic stopWe slog up a slight hil
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Ivan looks at the officers, guns dr
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Man, I love TV. I’d give anything
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I just don’t want to die this way
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cartoonsAnd I ain’t proud of this
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puppy in my mouth.”The car lists,
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I hit bottom again, and this time I
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“No, actually, I don’t know. I
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goneHe can kill me. With a sidelong
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the truthIt hits me then. I’m so
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rescueWhen I hear Julia calling my
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aftermathWe’ve lost ten park resi
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riddle“Uncle Bob!” Ruby calls,
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snickers, againOnce we’re home, I
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“Is this your girlfriend, Uncle B
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Author’s NoteDogs. Aren’t they
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AcknowledgmentsAuthors, like dogs,
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About the AuthorCourtesy Katherine
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About the PublisherAustraliaHarperC