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From Chicken Soup for the Soul: Me and My Dog
By Zach Hively
It is only with the heart that one can see rightly. What is essential is invisible to the eye.
~Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, The Little Prince
I didn’t want to take Sasha back to the shelter. When she sat down on the river trail and gazed at me with her brown-sugar eyes, I understood that she didn’t want to go back either. We had a bond, but I couldn’t seriously keep this dog, could I?
“What do you think, girl?” I asked. “Are you my dog?”
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