Webster (20 page)
Authors: Ellen Emerson White
Happiness. Joy, even! Genuine
joy
.
“So, are you going to come in, and get something to eat and drink?” Florence asked. “Monica is making hamburger to add to everyone's food.”
Excellent.
“Well, I guess so,” he said, and shrugged his very coolest cowboy shrug. “For tonight, anyway. Although I might have to leave again tomorrow. Since I'm a traveling man, by nature. And an icon, and a cowboy, and everything.”
Florence smiled. “Okay. Whatever makes you happy,
Webster. We can worry about it in the morning.”
Yes, that was a good plan. “So. What are we going to watch tonight?” he asked, as he followed her inside.
“Something fun,” Florence promised. “Something
wonderful
.”
Yay!
Unfortunately, there are millions of stray animals like the Bad Hat and Jack and Florence who need good and loving homes. Please support animal rescue groups and reputable shelters, and consider adopting from one whenever possible. Rescued animals tend to be the most wonderful pets in the world!
There are many ways to help stray animals, including volunteering at your local shelter; adopting a homeless pet; providing needed supplies like clean blankets and beds; and sending donations to help pay for food, veterinary expenses, and the many other costs of maintaining a safe and successful animal shelter.
Here are three charities personally recommended by the Bad Hat and his friends! Any donations these charities receive will be used solely to help animals in need. There are many wonderful rescue groups, located all over the
world, so it is very easy to find a way to help animals in your area. But, these three groups are the Bad Hat's favorites.
The Bad Hat Fund
c/o Warm Hearts Humane Society, Inc.
P.O. Box 535
Mt. Ida, AR 71957
www.facebook.com/Warmheartshumanesociety
The Jeanne Faucher White Fund
c/o Animal Rescue League of Southern Rhode Island
506B Curtis Corner Road
Peace Dale, RI 02883
The Bad Hat Fund
c/o Riverside Animal Hospital
250 West 108th Street
New York, NY 10025
And remember, please always spay and neuter your pets!
Ellen Emerson White
lives in New York City. She is wicked private.
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This book is a work of fiction. Any references to historical events, real people, or real places are used fictitiously. Other names, characters, places, and events are products of the author's imagination, and any resemblance to actual events or places or persons, living or dead, is entirely coincidental.
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
White, Ellen Emerson.
Webster : tale of an outlaw / by Ellen Emerson White.âFirst Aladdin hardcover edition.
âpages cm
Summary: When Webster the dog arrives at Green Meadows Farm he has already been adopted, mistreated, and given away three times and is done with people, but the other animals of the shelter will not let him give up on the possibility of a special family.
ISBN 978-1-4814-2201-7 (hc)
[1. DogsâFiction. 2. Animal sheltersâFiction. 3. CatsâFiction. 4. AnimalsâTreatmentâFiction.] I. Title.
PZ7.W58274Web 2015
[FIC]âdc23
2014049261
ISBN 978-1-14814-2203-1(eBook)