A Dog's Tale Mark Twain (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781986188296)

My father was a St. Bernard, my mother was a collie, but I am a Presbyterian. This is what my mother told me, I do not know these nice distinctions myself. To me they are only fine large words meaning nothing. My mother had a fondness for such; she liked to say them, and see other dogs look surprised and envious, as wondering how she got so much education. But, indeed, it was not real education; it was only show: she got the words by listening in the dining-room and drawing-room when there was company, and by going with the children to Sunday-school and listening there; and whenever she heard a large word she said it over to herself many times, and so was able to keep it until there was a dogmatic gathering in the neighborhood, then she would get it off, and surprise and distress them all, from pocket-pup to mastiff, which rewarded her for all her trouble. If there was a stranger he was nearly sure to be suspicious, and when he got his breath again he would ask her what it meant.

Author: Paula Benitez, Mark Twain
ISBN-10: 1986188299
ISBN-13: 9781986188296
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Language: English
Published: 03/04/2018
Pages: 28
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.12lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.07d