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  • Old Yeller (was: Re: Ventriloquists)

    From JOE MACKEY@1:135/392 to GEORGE POPE on Sat Sep 25 08:40:50 2021
    Cyberpope wrote --


    Tried reading Old Yeller, but the beginning descriptions of the abuse
    heaped on him were too depressing. If that's the story of the dog initially sold to be a sled dog?

    I think that was White Fang, by Jack London.
    Old Yeller was a dog on a farm.
    Joe
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  • From Ron Lauzon@1:275/89 to JOE MACKEY on Sun Sep 26 13:05:00 2021
    JOE MACKEY wrote to GEORGE POPE <=-

    Tried reading Old Yeller, but the beginning descriptions of the abuse
    heaped on him were too depressing. If that's the story of the dog initially
    so
    ld to be a sled dog?

    I think that was White Fang, by Jack London.
    Old Yeller was a dog on a farm.

    "Call of the Wild" was the domesticated dog who was turned into a sled dog, and then went wild.
    "White Fang" was the wild wolf/dog that was domesticated.


    ... I love animals! But they all seem to taste like chicken.
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  • From George Pope@1:153/757.2 to JOE MACKEY on Wed Sep 29 16:37:51 2021
    Cyberpope wrote --


    Tried reading Old Yeller, but the beginning descriptions of the abuse heaped on him were too depressing. If that's the story of the dog initially sold to be a sled dog?

    I think that was White Fang, by Jack London.
    Old Yeller was a dog on a farm.

    It was a Jack London novel. I'm not sure if I want to try Old Yeller being as I
    know it has a sad ending. . . (the guy ends up shooting his beloved companion, to
    put him out of misery?)

    Your friend,

    <+]:{)}
    Cyberpope, Bishop of ROM
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