Little Dog, Lost By Marion Dane Bauer Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing ISBN: 9781442434233 Little dog, lost. Little black dog with brown paws and a brown mask and a sweet ruffle of brown fur on her bum just beneath her black whip of a tail. Satiny coat. Ears like airplane wings that drop just at the tips. She used to be called Buddy until no one called her anything at all. "Hey, you!" maybe. Or "Shoo!" Names to run from. Buddy wasn't always lost. Once she owned a boy. It was the boy who named her. ("I know she's a girl," he'd say, "but she's my buddy anyway.") Her boy threw a ball again and again and again until Buddy flopped onto her belly in the tickling grass and dropped the ball between her paws, her tongue as limp as a dishrag Come and get it, her grin always said, and then I'll chase some more. The boy used to take Buddy's pointy face between his hands and kiss her on the lips, just like that. When Buddy was quick, she could get in a lick at the exact moment of the kiss. The boy would say, "Arghhh!" and wipe his mouth with the back of his hand. Then he'd kiss Buddy on the lips again. In short, Buddy and her boy were perfectly matched and perfectly happy together. But nothing, not even the sweetest love, can be certain of lasting forever. Excerpted from Little Dog, Lost by Marion Dane Bauer All rights reserved by the original copyright owners. Excerpts are provided for display purposes only and may not be reproduced, reprinted or distributed without the written permission of the publisher. Excerpted from Little Dog, Lost by Marion Dane Bauer All rights reserved by the original copyright owners. Excerpts are provided for display purposes only and may not be reproduced, reprinted or distributed without the written permission of the publisher.
