The verse was so lyrical to read, with rhyme, alliteration and poetry effortlessly flowing within each stanza, capturing the true heart of this young dog. Luckily there are other kind shoelegs like Scruffity’s Manpup, so he can finally find the one he will truly love forever. There is the wonder of the Skysingers (birds), the fear of the shoelegs (people), the love for his Manpup (boy) and the confusion of the FlashingMetalBeast. Told in verse in the viewpoint of pup Scruffity, the reader sees the world through a dog’s eyes. Wow! What an absolutely gorgeous, heartbreaking, beautiful, wonderful story. It’s Charlie who helps Scruffity finally find his true home. Just when he thought he could never love another, Scruffity meets Charlie. His journey has proven to other humans that he is very smart. But there is more in store for this little, raggedy, big-hearted dog. Manpup always talked of following the river to a beach where a loved one lives, so the river is Scruffity’s guide. A homeless person, a fox and angry city dogs are part of his adventure, then two little girls who he must leap into protecting when another shoeleg like GrowlManJim arrives. Scruffity begins his search for his boy, meeting and helping others along the way, as they also help him. Until Manpup is taken away in a loud, siren, FlashingMetalBeast. But Scruffity is happy Manpup has a plan too. GrowlManJim doesn’t like Scruffity and his Manpup together and has a plan to separate them. The way of dog is being, playing, loving and licking his Manpup!
It’s not only playing in fresh grass, rolling in smelly things, spinning, spinning, spinning and leaping for the Skysingers. Scruffity has finally found the true way of dog. This Manpup wants to keep him, giving him his name – Scruffity. The angry shoe-leg (GrowlManJim) has a Manpup who feeds him. He yips and spins showing them he is the one they should take home, but before long he is the only one left, sitting on his concrete floor alone. This puppy can show off for the shoe-legs. The shoe-leg comes back, angry at each pup who doesn’t survive, but it’s not long before they are big enough for homes. Some of his brothers and sisters aren’t strong or warm enough to make it, and a fat rat tells the puppy what happens next. His brothers and sisters cry as loud as he does for their mother but they are alone, and cold, in a cage with a concrete floor.
There is no schnuffle (smell) of her anywhere on the air. A puppy is born and enjoys being with his mamma and brothers and sisters.
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