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This episode is supported by Little Terriers with Big Hearts.

Tonight, by listener request,

we'll read the opening to Gray Friars Bobby, a 1912 novel by Eleanor

Atkinson based on the true story of the dog Gray Friars Bobby. This novel is written from the point of view of the dog, Bobby, and uses Scottish

dialogue as the novel is said in Edinburgh, Scotland.

The book is written from the mind of a dog,

which makes everyday events strange.

The opening line references a church clock

as a time gun, for example.

Let's get cozy.

close your eyes.

Relax your body into the softness of your pet.

Now, take a few deep breath.

When the time gone boom from Edinburgh Castle, Bobby gave a startled yel. He was only a little country dog, the very

youngest and smallest and shaggyest of sky terriers.

Bred on a heathery slope of the Pentland hills,

where the loudest sound was the bark of a collie or the tinkle of a sheep bell.

That morning he had come to the weekly market with all the jock, a farm laborer, and the grass market of the Scottish

capital lay in the narrow valley at the southern base of Castle Craig.

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