Re: More Tearjerkers

[Gail Grainger <gail.grainger@TOP.MONAD.NET>]

   Riptide by Francis Ward Weller does it for me. At the end of the book it
has the obituary for the real Riptide. The dog reminds me so much of a Flat
Coated Retriever that we had. Freedom loved the ocean--his whole body would
start to quiver when he smelled the ocean. He looked like a seal in the
water, he would dive through the waves, and then ride them back in.
   The last time I read the book to a class, the tears were streaming down
my face. My principal laughs at me, because he knows I can't read sad dog
stories--of course he can't either!
Gail
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Gail Shea Grainger
Librarian   gail.grainge@top.monad.net
Chesterfield School          Chesterfield, NH 03443
Dewey Browse Web Site   http://www.top.monad.net/~gailgrainger/   ****New URL

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