It's A Long Life: A Poetic Celebration Of Life With Dachshunds
By Pamela Harry
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The verses contained within this book capture the individual characters of the author's much loved family of dachshunds and their friends.
By speaking through them and describing related events, she shows their mischievous personalities and gives an insight into their day to day lives.
Pamela Harry
Lover of dachshunds.
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It's A Long Life - Pamela Harry
Copyright © 2015 Pamela Harry
First published in 2015.
This paperback published 2015.
The right of Pamela Harry to be identified as the Author of the Work has been asserted by her in accordance with the Copyrights, Designs and Patents Act 1988. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means without the prior written permission of the publisher, nor be otherwise circulated in any form of binding or cover other than that in which it is published and without a similar condition being imposed on the subsequent purchaser.
This book is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents either are products of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, events, or locales is entirely coincidental.
.epub ISBN - 978-1-911076-01-8
.mobi ISBN - 978-1-911076-02-5
Smashwords Edition
Thank you to all my dachshund loving friends,
who encouraged me to publish these words.
Contents
ADDICTED TO DACHSHUNDS
MOLLY
PIPPA
AMBER BEAUTY
LEWIS
WHEN DAD WAS ILL
SOPHIE’S MISSING
SASSY SOPHIE
TESSA
JUST ONE MORE
BAILEY
LETTER TO SANTA
DOG HOUSE HOTEL
KIDS! WHO’D HAVE THEM
KIRSTY
GEMMA
BIRTHDAY TREATS
MOLLY’S PINK BED
MOLLY (1995-2014)
DARCEY
SOPHIE’S JOURNEY
HUNGRY LEWIS
DRAMA QUEEN KIRSTY
GUARD DOG BAILEY
PUSHED OUT DARCEY
GROWN UP DARCEY
NAUGHTY LEWIS
AMBER
DIRTY GEMMA
MORNINGS
GEMMA DEVIL DOG
MOTHERED DARCEY
DARCEY 1 TODAY
DACHSIE BACK
GETTING BACK TO NORMAL
TESSA’S BIRTHDAY
MY DAILY PICK UP BATTLE
PIPPA BIRTHDAY GIRL
THE INVADER
ELSIE
ADDICTED TO DACHSHUNDS
Molly was my number 1
My very first of all
She used to be a showgirl
Which she didn’t like at all
And so her mummy sold her
When she was nearly 3
And I was oh so lucky
That she chose to live with me
Then seven years till Pippa came
At only 5 months old
Her first mum had returned her
Soon after she was sold
But with Molly now aged 10
And Pippa full of fun
We thought it only fair to her
To get another one
Why don’t you get a proper dog?
My husband said to me
So we settled on a standard
To keep her company
Amber’s our red beauty
But she grew to twice the size
Of the biggest of our minis
With long ears and doleful eyes
And though we had our number 3
With only one month gap
My dear sweet Lewis came along
To occupy my lap
I thought he was our last one
And my husband thought so too
But then I fancied