talk about books read as a child: (besides Black Beauty, which made me cry the very first time I read it, and every time after that, too) Beautiful Joe ("Beautiful Joe was a real dog, and Beautiful Joe was his real name".....that's the first line...........) Raff The Biscuit Eater (also a film) Somebody's Pony The Red Pony Call of the Wild (first time I ever heard about fighting dogs for "fun") any of the Terhune books.. and dozens and dozens more Bambi's Children (much better story than Bambi) and Animal Farm....which I thought was a story about animals and lliked until they hauled the horses (Boxer and ???) away -- didn't realize it was about communism / socialism until I was in high school! ...................I read them all over and over and over and over......... Peggy ============================================================================ POST is Copyrighted 2007. All material remains the property of the original author and of GSD Communication, Inc. NO REPRODUCTIONS or FORWARDS of any kind are permitted without prior permission of the original author AND of the Showgsd-l Management. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. ALL PERSONS ARE ON NOTICE THAT THE FORWARDING, REPRODUCTION OR USE IN ANY MANNER OF ANY MATERIAL WHICH APPEARS ON SHOWGSD-L WITHOUT THE EXPRESS PERMISSION OF ALL PARTIES TO THE POST AND THE LIST MANAGEMENT IS EXPRESSLY FORBIDDEN, AND IS A VIOLATION OF LAW. VIOLATORS OF THIS PROHIBITION WILL BE PROSECUTED. For assistance, please contact the List Management at admin@xxxxxxxxxxxx VISIT OUR WEBSITE - www.showgsd.org ============================================================================