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The Council of Dogs

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A sheepdog calls a meeting on the plain because poets keep celebrating birds and insects while passing over dogs. Each speaker must explain his own worth, and the resulting contest fills this illustrated poem with boasts, disputes and comic misunderstandings. A greyhound praises his speed, hunting dogs argue over their skills, and a poodle takes a remark about a keen nose rather too literally. The chairman's demand for orderly speeches soon becomes difficult to enforce.

Published in 1808, this anonymous verse tale also gives quieter kinds of service a hearing. One dog guides a blind man through the streets; another recalls saving his master from the water. Rhyming exchanges set loyalty and usefulness beside pride in ancestry, appearance and strength.

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Pages
16
Language
English
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