The Fellowship of Dogs 31 



when she circled gracefully through the 

 strawberry patch, made a beautiful point, 

 turned her head toward the carriage, grinned, 

 switched her tail and said: "I told you so! 

 Look at this!" 



When I flushed the birds she sailed swiftly 

 away to the next field a hundred yards far- 

 ther, and before we reached the point in the 

 road she had rounded up more birds. 



When I flushed them, she looked up at me, 

 smiled and said with a sigh: 



"You see they are all in pairs now it's 

 too late. I nearly died of a broken heart 

 because you didn't come in time. I lost my 

 appetite and all interest in life and wouldn't 

 go out of the yard. You will not stay away 

 so long again, will you?" 



I assured her that I had already arranged 

 my lecture-trips season so that I could be with 

 her the month of November and December, 

 and she wagged her tail and smiled. 



One of the smartest things I ever knew 



