Dog Diaries 07 - Stubby by Klimo Kate

Author:Klimo, Kate [Klimo, Kate]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Retail, YA 07+
ISBN: 9780385392433
Google: PHnioAEACAAJ
Amazon: 0385392435
Publisher: Random House Children's Books
Published: 2015-07-07T04:00:00+00:00

Now I got it! When I was a small pup, the streets of New Haven were full of horses pulling carts and wagons. Then one day, it seemed like they all disappeared. I’d wondered where they’d gone to, and now I knew. They were here!

Have you been to the Front? I asked. I was dying to hear more about it.

Plenty. At the start of the war, the soldiers rode us up there in cavalry charges. But we never stood a chance against those big German guns. They mowed us right down, man and horse. Now we go up there to haul supplies to the men in the trenches: rations and ammunition and artillery, medical and building supplies, and tons of mail. The cavalry days are over. It’s all about trench warfare these days.

Tell me about it, I said. I’ve worn my nails down to the pads digging trenches.

You’ll be digging more before your hitch is up, said the horse.

I don’t mind. I’ve lived in worse places, I said.

Wait until you get to the Front. When the enemy starts bombarding, you won’t think those trenches are quite so cozy. I’ll be getting back to my feed now. You watch out for yourself. The battlefield is dangerous. It’s no place for a little dog.

Don’t worry about me, I said. I was a street dog. I can take care of myself.

Sure you can, tough guy, said the horse, going back to his munching.

I could tell he didn’t believe me. One thing was for sure: this horse had given me some things to think about. Like, what have I gotten myself into?

As I turned to go back to the trenches, the horse called out to me, And for pity’s sake, whatever you do, watch out for the gas!

Gas? What was gas? And why in the world did I have to watch out for it?

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