Foreword
Out in the Park one day, children, I met a little boy not bigger than you are, who told me that he liked stories about a boy and a dog and the things they did together.
He said that it must be areal boyand areal dog, and there must be other animals in the story, not great, big, fierce ones, but justneighborlyones—animals a boy might, perhaps, meet when he went for walks in the woods—and take pictures of and get to know.
So this is the story of the way areal boyand areal dogspent their first summer in thereal country; and the fun they had together.
Buddy Jim and old Dog Sandy are waiting for us over on the front page.
Your very own,Elizabeth Gordon