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Dog’s Death

by John Updike

She must have been kicked unseen or brushed by a car.
Too young to know much, she was beginning to learn
To use the newspapers spread on the kitchen floor
And to win, wetting there, the words, "Good dog! Good dog!"
We thought her shy malaise was a shot reaction.
The autopsy disclosed a rupture in her liver.
As we teased her with play, blood was filling her skin
And her heart was learning to lie down forever.
Monday morning, as the children were noisily fed
And sent to school, she crawled beneath the youngest’s bed.
We found her twisted and limp but still alive.
In the car to the vet’s, on my lap, she tried
To bite my hand and died. I stroked her warm fur
And my wife called in a voice imperious with tears.
Though surrounded by love that would have upheld her,
Nevertheless she sank and, stiffening, disappeared.
Back home, we found that in the night her frame,
Drawing near to dissolution, had endured the shame
Of diarrhoea and had dragged across the floor
To a newspaper carelessly left there.  Good dog.

The Chip on the Shoulder

by Arthur Guiterman (1871-1943)

Learn this now before you are older:
Don’t go through life with a chip on your shoulder,
Always aggrieved and ever offended,
Fancying wrongs that are not intended.
Let not a sense of humor desert you,
Take it that nobody means to hurt you,
Find no insult in idle chatter,
Pass it over; it doesn’t matter.
Look for the best in everybody,
Value the wool, forget the shoddy;
Get in the habit of liking people.
Love is the spire on every steeple.

King Arthur And His Knights

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The Story Of King Arthur

And His Knights

Written And Illustrated By Howard Pyle

Published 1929 By Charles Scribner’s Sons

Beautiful Book

And Gorgeous Illustrations

In Very Good Condition Missing The Dustjacket, Otherwise All Is Complete

Bound In Full Mustard Yellow Cloth Hardcover

Elaborate Design On The Front Cover And Spine

Illustrated Throughout And Full Page Plates Blank On The Reverse

312 Numbered Pages + Conclusion At The Rear Complete Tight Contents

Just About 9-1/2″ Tall

Very Good

Cloth Hardcover Only Mildly Toned Down, Very Lightly Frayed At The Corners And Spine Ends, Some Blended In Cover Soiling, Otherwise Mild Wear, Mildlly Agetoned And Touch Of Scattered Foxing Contents

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Moths and Butterflies

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Moths & Butterflies By Mary C Dickerson Illus 1901 1st

Moths And Butterflies

By

Mary C. Dickerson, B.S. ( Univ. Of Chicago)

Head Of The Department Of Biology And Nature Study In The Rhode Island Normal School, Providence, R.I., And In Charge Of The Nature Study In The Observation School In Connection With The Rhode Island Normal School.

With Two Hundred Photographs From Life By The Author

A 1901 First Edition Published By Ginn & Company, Boston

An Elaborate First Edition

Bound In Full Dark Blue Linen Cloth Hardcover

Gilt Stamped Lettering, Butterflies And Moths At The Front Cover And Spine

9-1/2″ Tall

Complete In 344 Numbered Pages Including Index At The Rear

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