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Peter
p
u
lled
i
n
to
t
h
e
d
r
i
v
eway,
and
they
e
n
tered
t
h
e
s
p
acious ho
m
e. Kelly,
a
Yellow
La
b
,
Terrier
m
i
x
,
ran
t
o
L
og
a
n
,
tail
wag
g
ing
with
j
o
y. L
o
gan b
e
nt to
h
u
g
h
e
r
wh
i
te,
fuzzy
he
a
d
cl
o
se
to his
heart.

Hello,
Sunka
Sk
a!
98
W
e

r
e
g
o
i
n
g
b
u
ll
f
r
og
h
unti
ng
!

he
cr
i
ed
with
jo
y
.

 

 


After
a
s
n
a
c
k,”
Mary
insisted,
s
m
iling
with
love
at
her
glor
i
o
us

gr
an
dchil
d
.
Mary
prepar
e
d
a
plate
of
app
l
esauce
and
fry bread,
m
aking
sure,
as Diti
h
a
d
,
t
h
at
t
h
e
f
o
od was
s
o
ft
eno
u
gh
for
t
h
e
reco
v
er
i
ng
yo
u
n
g
ster
to e
n
j
o
y
witho
u
t
j
eo
p
ar
d
izing
t
h
e
b
on
e
g
raft,
g
i
v
ing
t
h
e
re
qu
isite
gr
an
d
m
o
t
he
r
a
d
m
on
iti
on:

Bite a
n
d
c
h
ew
o
n t
h
e
rig
h
t
si
d
e!”
Sna
c
k
eat
e
n
,
L
og
a
n
f
o
ll
o
w
e
d
his
g
ra
n
dfa
t
h
e
r
to
t
h
e ba
c
k
d
eck
an
d out
t
o
t
h
e
lak
e
, fish net
i
n ha
n
d
.

Oka
y
,
L
og
a
n,
y
o
u
m
u
st tell
m
e h
o
w
to
d
o
t
h
is!” Peter
l
au
gh
e
d.

 

 

 

98
Shoonkah
Shkah

white
dog

It’s easy, Tun
k
asila!
Just lie d
o
wn
on the
dock th
e
re
a
nd
s
ee if you can
see
s
o
m
e
eyes.
T
h
en,
use
t
h
e
n
et
and
sweep
it
sl
o
w
ly.
W
h
en
you feel
a
little,
te
nd
er
t
h
in
g
,
99
t
h
at
i
s
t
h
e
f
r
o
g
.
J
u
st
sco
o
p
h
i
m
up
g
en
tl
y
a
n
d ha
n
d him
to
m
e.”

Yes,
sir!”
Pe
t
er s
m
iled.
Peter
was
a
m
a
zed
at
how
quickly
he
m
anaged
to
catch
a
bullfrog
– a
pretty
good-
s
ized
speci
m
en
at
tha
t
.
O
n
ce
pu
lled
fr
o
m t
h
e
water,
it
was e
v
i
d
e
n
t
t
h
at
t
h
e
frog
was
in
trou
b
le.
One
of
h
is
b
ack
feet
was
missi
ng
,
a
bloody
stu
m
p giving
witness
to a
recent att
a
ck
by a
s
n
a
pp
i
ng turtle.

This
is
a
fine frog,
ennit,”
Peter
announced.

W
e
ne
e
d
to
get
your
h
a
b
itat.
T
h
ere, o
v
er t
h
ere, To
k
a
j
a
.
I
h
a
v
e it
rea
d
y
for
y
o
u.”
Peter
s
m
iled
at
his
g
r
a
nd
so
n
, indicati
n
g
t
h
e plastic
o
n
e
-
g
a
llon
fi
s
h ta
nk
,
w
h
ich
h
e
h
ad f
o
und
in
the
g
ara
g
e, c
o
m
p
lete with
a few r
o
c
k
s for t
h
e
f
r
og
t
o
fe
e
d
u
p
o
n
.
Lake
w
a
t
er
was
a
d
d
e
d
t
o
t
h
e
t
une
of
a
bo
u
t
t
h
ree

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