The Wooden Mile (2011)
“No, it wasn’t the same one. It was smaller and scruffier. It couldn’t have been more different from the first one. And anyway, this time it was the front leg on the left and not the back leg on the right. This is what his mother would have described as “too much of a coincidence.” And indeed it was. In fact, the more he thought about it the more he was sure he hadn’t seen a dog with every limb intact since he’d arrived.
Just as he was pondering this Stanley realized he was standing outside The ...Sweet Tooth again and that Mr. Cake was peering out through the window. But the dog distracted him, circling around his feet and fussing over him. Stanley ruffled the hair on its head and scratched its chin. Its coat felt rough, and a small black patch was circled over one of its eyes.
“C’mere Silver,” came a shout. A spindly-looking character with long dark hair and a chiseled face was beckoning his dog, tapping his thigh with the flat of his hand and whistling in short bursts through his teeth.MoreLess
Just as he was pondering this Stanley realized he was standing outside The ...Sweet Tooth again and that Mr. Cake was peering out through the window. But the dog distracted him, circling around his feet and fussing over him. Stanley ruffled the hair on its head and scratched its chin. Its coat felt rough, and a small black patch was circled over one of its eyes.
“C’mere Silver,” came a shout. A spindly-looking character with long dark hair and a chiseled face was beckoning his dog, tapping his thigh with the flat of his hand and whistling in short bursts through his teeth.MoreLess
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