Animals You Will Never Forget: 72 True Stories from the Reader's Digest

424 Pages·1969·49.651 MB·English

by  Reader's Digest Association

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ANIMALS YOU WILL
NEVER FORGET
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in 2010
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ANIMALS
YOU
NEVER
WILL
FORGET
From Reader's Digest
TheReader'sDigestAssociation, Pleasantville, NewYork
The Reader'sDigestAssociation, Ltd., Montreal, Canada
©1969TheReader'sDigestAssociation,Inc.
©1969TheReader'sDigestAssociation[Canada]Ltd.
Theacknowledgmentswhichappearonpages 415-16
are herebymadeapartofthiscopyright page.
Reproductioninanymanner,inwholeorinpart,
inEnglishorinotherlanguages,isprohibited.
Allrightsreserved.
LibraryofCongressCatalogCardNo.:69-15867
PrintedintheUnitedStatesofAmerica
INTRODUCTION
From its earliest days Reader's Digest has
published some of the most outstanding
ANIMALS
animal stories ever written.
YOU WILL NEVER FORGET is a col-
lection of 72 of these stories-all of them
true—about beloved pets or wild animals
thathaveassumeda special significancein
thelivesoftheauthors.
There are humorous stories, stories of
high adventure and stories that will warm
yourheart.Youwillmeetahorsethatisa
ham, a coquette of ahen, afishthat likes
to dance, a cat that is a dandy. You will
travel far and wide: to the Antarctic with
ateamofhuskies,toBurmawithaherdof
elephants, to atiger-infestedjungle in Sin-
gapore. Youwillbemovedbythelessona
smallboylearnsfromamouse,bythespe-
cialbond between a girl and a falcon, by
thetwohorseswhomake theirpeace after
thedeathoftheiryoungmistress.
After reading this bookyou will under-
standwhyWaltWhitmanwrote:
"IthinkIcouldlivewithanimals,theyare
soplacidandself-contained
Notoneisdissatisfied,notoneisdemented
withthemaniaofowningthings.
Notonekneelstoanother,nortohiskind
thatlivedthousandsofyearsago.
Notoneisrespectableorunhappyoverthe
wholeearth."