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When I walk Julia—well, okay, I suppose it looks like she’s walking me, butI beg to differ—there’s a place we pass that always makes me jumpy andbummed.It’s the animal shelter. And I know it’s a good place. A space for pets who
don’t have a safe home of their own. When I was abandoned on the highway,just a few weeks old, a nice cage with a soft towel in it and a bowl of freshwater . . . well, I woulda given just about anything for that.Still, when I walk by and hear all those desperate barks and meows andsqueaks, it gets to me.Sometimes having great hearing is a pain.Thing is, I realize I have a home and the gang in there doesn’t, and I try notto think about stuff like that, you know?I mean, it’s not like I can do anything about their tough breaks, right? And infairness, maybe those animals aren’t like me. I’ve always been a resilient,hardworking sort. Maybe some of those guys even made their own bad luck.Don’t get me wrong. I try to be a nice guy. I do what I can to make the worlda better place, sure. Chat with the guinea pigs. Lick the strawberry jelly offJulia’s hand. Do my wag-and-dance when the ’rents come home to make ’emfeel good. You scratch my back, I scratch yours.But it’s like I said before. You gotta look out for numero uno.Guess that’s why the shelter harshes my mellow. It’s just . . . you know. I’drather not have to hear those guys every time I walk by. Makes me sad.Reminds me of the bad old days.
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Dedicationfor my family:human, feli
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ContentsCoverTitle PageDedicationEp
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a very handsome dogthe beginningtor
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gonefirst aidthe truthforeverrescue
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bed boogie: circular “dance” pe
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One
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and while i’m at it . . .I may or
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numero unoThere’s an old saying a
Page 20: Once I had things just so, I lay do
Page 23 and 24: the amazing history of man’s best
Page 25 and 26: in my opinionThat dog was a ninny.A
Page 27 and 28: no oneThat’s what being man’s b
Page 29 and 30: in safety.Still, I understood, in m
Page 31 and 32: aloneThe truck happened without war
Page 33 and 34: the owlDarkness had fallen when it
Page 35 and 36: more luckMaybe it was my puppy fat,
Page 37 and 38: exit 8I finally came to a small roa
Page 39 and 40: It’s a solid solution.But it’s
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Page 43 and 44: And then I heard it.A faint bark.Th
Page 45 and 46: on the poetry of stinkOf course, no
Page 47 and 48: the newsSometimes when Julia and I
Page 49 and 50: sparkly rain hat, and teensy pink b
Page 51 and 52: “Does.”“Does.”“Doesn’t
Page 53 and 54: spoiledI know Nutwit has a point.I
Page 55 and 56: blanket, the kind where you can bed
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Page 60 and 61: She pulled Julia aside. “He’s a
Page 62 and 63: clickThat’s when they started cli
Page 64 and 65: full wag“Are you ready to head ov
Page 66 and 67: good words, bad wordsI’ve never m
Page 68 and 69: but she went back to work and she
Page 72 and 73: drooliusI knew this guy, back when
Page 74 and 75: forgivenessSeems like forgiving hum
Page 76 and 77: puppy eyesIt’s midmorning, still
Page 78 and 79: mr. oogHere’s how I figure puppy
Page 81 and 82: changeThe park’s pretty big. Lots
Page 83 and 84: kimuThere’s a gray wolf at the pa
Page 85 and 86: I looked at him and, for the first
Page 87 and 88: If they caught any other dog there,
Page 89: Ivan, being Ivan, is a mellow kinda
Page 92 and 93: giftOnce I’m in my spot, I don’
Page 94 and 95: and Ruby, and Stella, too.”Ivan g
Page 96 and 97: tiny but toughIvan always seems lik
Page 98 and 99: not talkingOften when I’m with Iv
Page 100 and 101: “Take a small creature like Eek,
Page 102 and 103: ruby’s familyLittle Ruby seems mu
Page 104 and 105: “Hmm. You got me, Ruby. I’m tot
Page 106 and 107: Kinyani glares at me.She glares at
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Page 110 and 111: Julia appears, her backpack at the
Page 112 and 113: “Bob!” Julia calls. “Come on!
Page 114 and 115: I’m flying.no way
Page 116 and 117: landingIt’s over.I land—umph—
Page 118 and 119: bad dogAnd this is why I’m a Bad
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stretchSlowly, with some difficulty
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For the record, small stray boards
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soundsThe eerie quiet doesn’t las
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surveying the damageI pick my way p
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baby slothI say goodbye to the peng
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Takes a few minutes, but I find her
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To my left, water gushes from a pat
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mutt versus wolfI wait for him to l
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gorilla worldI move on. I have to f
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help us!The stone wall separating G
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kudzooI pick my way through the deb
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trying to find a lost toy in a swim
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“Okay,” Akello says, with a nod
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“Can I go with Bob?” Ruby asks
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mouths to me.“Don’t thank me,
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xenaAnother dog races over, a tough
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dragonMore police cars and ambulanc
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An older gentleman holding a blue u
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looseA new police officer joins us.
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cprThe wind dies down to a whisper,
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noNo movement, nothing.But after a
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gorilla ghostIvan emerges from a cl
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wolf on the runI scramble over to I
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shots firedSeveral officers raise t
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a situationOfficer Williams climbs
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Some barks you never forget.never
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a split secondI want to tell Ivan a
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Three
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what ifAt first, I didn’t admit i
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relievedAnd what did I do, when I h
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the windEvery day I went looking fo
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my paddlesAs I run from the park, I
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I’m inside the bow-wow big house.
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pauses in the doorway. “I thought
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aliveThunder claps. Shutters fly. W
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toughBoss isn’t anything like I r
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Something crashes into the front of
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“When someone does something hurt
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The officer sighs. “You don’t h
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preparing for the worstThe wind slo
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a questionWe do all we can do. Whic
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romeoBefore I can say anything more
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“You’re a looker and you’re s
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“Say it,” I command.“Fine. Wh
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giant monkey and sea monsterThe scr
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to safetyOne thing about being a si
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Boss. “Then that means you’re m
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yay“We’ll go,” Ivan says.“Y
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“We can’t exactly shoot a goril
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lightning and fireworksIt isn’t f
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another bridgeThe creek is filled w
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heroI will not lie. I am not thinki
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not a movieSo in a movie, I’d lan
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do not let goThe water’s cold, so
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kimu againKimu has me.He drops me t
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howI don’t know how I do it.If I
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first aidRowdy still isn’t moving
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foreverThe eye of the hurricane pas
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Four
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From what we can tell, Boss never w
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working on itOn the way home, we pa
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“Mack and his wife just moved bac
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a visitorThis evening is like lots
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But through it all, Bob never loses
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