Taken from Buying a Puppy

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Taken from Buying a Puppy

• Leslie Norris

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It was a golden one. He slept On my knee in the
old towel.
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All the way home. He was tiny, But he didnt
whimper or howl,
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Not once, that was a year ago And now Im eight
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When I get home from school Hell be waiting
behind the gate,
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Listening, listening hard,
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Head raised, eyes warm and kind,
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He came to me as a gift And grew into a friend.