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Mary Oliver poem:
    I have a little dog who likes to nap with me.
    He climbs on my body and puts his face in my neck
    He is sweeter than soap.
    Lena’s version, while short, is still poetry. She says, “I have a little dog . . . sweeter than soap.”
    Then we put the cover over her cage.
    Mama has new dogs coming. It is no secret to anyone that Mama loves to rescue dogs.
    Things change.
    Things don’t change.
    Lena’s right.
    You can’t know.
    â€”Alice Cassidy

Author’s Note
    Thousands of Pyrs and Pyr mixes, as well as other abandoned dogs, end up in shelters across the country. It takes a great deal of work to find homes for them, but the good news is that there are many people rescuing, fostering, and adopting these dogs. My daughter, Emily, and her family have adopted a Great Pyr mix, and he is a gentle, sweet, big dog. I have written about him in my book Waiting for the Magic . His name is Neo.
    Dogs make great friends and companions to all ages of people.
    If you go to NationalPyr.org you can see the many Great Pyr dogs waiting for adoption, and those who have found homes.
    Patricia MacLachlan

P ATRICIA M AC L ACHLAN
    is the author of many well-loved novels and picture books, including Sarah, Plain and Tall , winner of the Newbery Medal; its sequels, Skylark and Caleb’s Story ; Waiting for the Magic ; Edward’s Eyes ;
and The True Gift . She is a board member of the National
Children’s Book and Literary Alliance. She lives in western Massachusetts.
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Also by Patricia MacLachlan
    Edward’s Eyes
    The True Gift
    Waiting for the Magic

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    copyright © 2013 by Patricia MacLachlan
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    Book design by Debra Sfetsios-Conover
    Jacket design by Debra Sfetsios-Conover
    Jacket illustration copyright © 2013 Amy June Bates
    Author photograph copyright © 2010 by John MacLachlan
    The text for this book is set in Baskerville.
    Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
    MacLachlan, Patricia.
    White fur flying / Patricia MacLachlan.—1st ed.
    p. cm.
    Summary: A sad and silent nine-year-old boy finds his voice when he moves next to a family that rescues dogs.
    ISBN 978-1-4424-2171-4 (hardcover)
    ISBN 978-1-4424-2173-8 (eBook)
    [1. Rescue dogs—Fiction. 2. Dogs—Fiction. 3. Human-animal relationships—Fiction. 4. Family problems—Fiction.] I. Title.
    PZ7.M2225Whi 2013
    [Fic]—dc23
    2011046125