The Incredible JourneyA Siamese cat, an old bull terrier, and a young Labrador retriever travel together 250 miles through the Canadian wilderness to find their family. |
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... nose in return . Restless with hunger , he wandered up the banks of the creek , investigating every rock and hollow , pushing his hopeful nose through tunnels of withered sedge and into the yielding earth of molehills . Sadly he lay ...
... nose in return . Restless with hunger , he wandered up the banks of the creek , investigating every rock and hollow , pushing his hopeful nose through tunnels of withered sedge and into the yielding earth of molehills . Sadly he lay ...
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... nose into the still - warm bundle of soft gray feathers . This time there was no growling rebuff over the prey : instead , the cat sat down a few yards away , studied- ly aloof and indifferent , then painstakingly washed down the length ...
... nose into the still - warm bundle of soft gray feathers . This time there was no growling rebuff over the prey : instead , the cat sat down a few yards away , studied- ly aloof and indifferent , then painstakingly washed down the length ...
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... nose twitching , for his keen scent had caught a distant whiff of wood smoke , and of something else something unidentifiable . . . . Seconds later , the old dog caught the scent too , and started to his feet , snuffing and questioning ...
... nose twitching , for his keen scent had caught a distant whiff of wood smoke , and of something else something unidentifiable . . . . Seconds later , the old dog caught the scent too , and started to his feet , snuffing and questioning ...
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