Excerpt from The First Friend: An Anthology of the Friendship of Man and Dog, Compiled From the Literature of All Ages 1400 Soon after the Creation a chasm broke open across the earth. Man was left on one side of it, the animal world on the other. The animals seemed undisturbed by this separation from Man - all except the dog. He whined and ran up and down, seeking a way across. At last Man saw him and noticed the pleading look in his eyes. "Come!" he cried. The dog sprang, but the chasm was too wide for him. He reached the opposite side only with his front paws, and hung there struggling vainly to get up.

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