Waggit Again (16 page)
Authors: Peter Howe
Bad water:
Gasoline
Bigwater:
The reservoir
The Cold White:
Snow
Curlytails:
Squirrels
Deepwater:
The lake
Deepwoods End:
The north end of the park
Eyes and ears:
Sentry duty
Feeder:
Restaurant
Flutters:
Birds
Goldenside:
The West side of the park
The Great Unknown:
The dog pound
Half-Roller:
Bicycle
Hoppers:
Rabbits
Loners:
Dogs with no team
The Long Cold:
Winter
Longlegs:
Horses
Luggers:
Carriages pulled by horses
Nibblers:
Mice
Petulants:
Pet dogs
Realm:
Area of the park that is the domain of a team
Rising:
Day
Risingside:
The East side of the park
Rollers:
Cars
Rollerway:
Road going through the park
Ruzelas:
Anyone in authorityârangers, police, etc.
Scurries:
Rats
Silver claws:
Knives
Skurdie:
A homeless person in the park
Skyline End:
The south end of the park
Stoners:
Teenage boys
Uprights:
Human beings
PETER HOWE
is the author of
WAGGIT'S TALE
, which was his first book for children. He was born in London, lived in New York for more than thirty years, and currently resides in Connecticut with his wife and two dogs. He is a former
New York Times Magazine
and
Life
magazine picture editor, and he is the author of two books on photography:
SHOOTING UNDER FIRE
and
PAPARAZZI
.
You can visit Peter and the pack at www.waggitstale.com.
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Jacket art © 2009 by Tristan Elwell
Jacket design by Amy Ryan
WAGGIT AGAIN
. Text copyright © 2009 by Peter Howe. Interior illustrations copyright © 2009 by Omar Rayyan. All rights reserved under International and Pan-American Copyright Conventions. By payment of the required fees, you have been granted the non-exclusive, non-transferable right to access and read the text of this e-book on-screen. No part of this text may be reproduced, transmitted, down-loaded, decompiled, reverse engineered, or stored in or introduced into any information storage and retrieval system, in any form or by any means, whether electronic or mechanical, now known or hereinafter invented, without the express written permission of HarperCollins e-books.
Adobe Digital Edition April 2009 ISBN 978-0-06-191086-9
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