By Kathleen Walker-Meikle
ISBN-10: 1783660295
ISBN-13: 9781783660292
Excerpts:
• Homer's Odysseus' historical devoted puppy Argos is the single one to acknowledge him whilst he returns from the Trojan conflict after two decades. Now ignored and lined in fleas, Argos lay on a dung heap by way of the stables, yet pricked up his ears at his master's strategy, wagging his tail and losing his ears. Odysseus observed Argos yet is in cover and can't greet him, laying off a hidden tear for the dependable hound.
• whilst French forces took the city of Niort in the course of the Hundred Years War' in 1373, a recognized author of the time observed an previous puppy mendacity at the grave of its grasp, who had died in conflict with the English. The puppy refused to depart the grave and the Duke de Berry, who was once vastly moved via such devotion, prepared for the puppy to obtain a pension of ten francs for all times, which was once dropped at a neighbor to feed the animal till it died.
• In 1944 Franklin D. Roosevelt gave a speech in keeping with a Republican declare that he had despatched a destroyer to select up his puppy Fala from the Aleutian Islands at nice expense: "These Republican leaders haven't been content material with assaults on me, or my spouse, or on my sons. No, now not content material with that, they now comprise my little puppy, Fala. good, in fact, I don't resent assaults, and my relations don't resent assaults, yet Fala does resent them. you recognize, Fala is Scotch, and being a Scottie, once he realized that the Republican fiction writers in Congress and out had concocted a narrative that I'd left him in the back of on an Aleutian island and had despatched a destroyer again to discover him--at a price to the taxpayers of 2 or 3, or 8 or twenty million funds -- his Scotch soul used to be livid. He has now not been an analogous puppy since."
• Chips was once a German Shepherd-Collie-Husky combine who served with the 3rd Infantry department in the course of global warfare II. while Chips and his handler (Pvt John P. Rowell) have been pinned down by means of a machine-gun nest, Chips stormed into the pillbox, grabbed one of many Italian squaddies and compelled the opposite 4 to depart the pillbox, the place they surrendered to U.S. troops. Later that day, he assisted within the trap of ten squaddies. He was once presented the prestigious carrier pass, the Silver big name, and the red center. yet those have been later taken away as awards to animals have been "contrary to military policy." however his personal unit provided him (unofficially) with a Theater Ribbon and 8 crusade conflict stars.
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All rights reserved. , New York. Beginner Books, Random House, and the Random House colophon are registered trademarks of Random House, Inc. The Cat in the Hat logo ® and © Dr. P. 1957, renewed 1986. All rights reserved. Visit us on the Web! com/teachers Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Eastman, Peter. Fred and Ted’s road trip / by Peter Eastman. — 1st ed. p. cm. Summary: Dogs Fred and Ted pack up their cars and go on a road trip, and their different ways of doing things have interesting results.
Fred was hot. They ran over some cactus. Fred got a flat tire. In the toolbox, Ted found a pump. Fred found a spoon. Ted pumped. Fred found apples. Ted pumped and pumped and pumped! Fred found bread and milk and a pineapple! Fred went up and up and up! Fred called for help from up in the air. Ted raced to help down on the ground. The bird stayed up. Fred went down. Back at home, safe and sound! Did they finish their picnic? Yes! They did. Ted had a sandwich. Fred had a hard-boiled egg and a pickle.
Ted carried the lunch. Fred spread the blanket. They sat down to eat. Ted felt one drop. Fred felt two drops. It started to rain! Ted ran to his red car. Fred ran to his green car. Ted drove in the rain. Fred drove out of the rain. They drove in the desert. Ted was cool. Fred was hot. They ran over some cactus. Fred got a flat tire. In the toolbox, Ted found a pump. Fred found a spoon. Ted pumped. Fred found apples. Ted pumped and pumped and pumped! Fred found bread and milk and a pineapple! Fred went up and up and up!
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