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Indian Folktales, How The Dog Found Himself A Master, Ukrainian Folktales:
Dog decided to take up service with him, and he....
http://www.4to40.com/folktales/index.asp?article=folktales_dog
The Black Dog of Hanging Hills: A spooky Connecticut folktale from American
Folklore.
http://www.americanfolklore.net/folktales/ct2.html
Take a look at the story here titled, The Curious Monkey African Folktales
http://saxakali.com/youth/african_folktales.htm
The Dog and the Pig
http://www.pitara.com/talespin/folktales/online.asp?story=27
The Crocodile and the Dog - Bura folktale
Folktale20 http://www.msu.edu/user/hamza/Folktale20.htm
The Dog and the Dog Dealer
http://www.rickwalton.com/folktale/junior28.htm
The Pug Dog and His Shadow
http://www.rickwalton.com/folktale/50fabl47.htm
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1) My favorite to tell is "Why Dogs Sniff Under Tails?" It's listed as "Iroquois," but I'm not sure of that. It tells of how wolf pups were brought to live with the Two-Legged ones, but the Four-Legs were forbidden to dance or sing. One night the dogs decided to have a dance, but they took off their tails because they were sweeping up the dust. They also sang which, of course, gave them away. In their haste to get away, they just grabbed any old tail. ( I go into great detail and have the audience contribute to how the Jack Russell received the Husky tail, etc. The more ridiculous the better.)
So... that's why dogs are always sniffing each others' tails, searching and asking "Are you sure you have the right one? Isn't that my tail?"
2) "Why Dogs Hate Cats" (found in The Knee-High Man and Other Tales (Picture Puffins)
, by Julius Lester. Dog and cat were great friends and both loved either a ham or cheese. They pool their money to buy favorite food and take turns carrying it home . Dog carries it for a while on the walk home and refers to it as "our ....." Cat then takes a turn carrying it and refers to it as "my .... ." Cat eventually climbs a tree and eats the whole thing. When cat finally comes down from the tree, dog chases him and dogs have chased cats ever since.
RESPONSE:
There is a version of this story in a Hamilton and Weiss book called Why Dog Chases Cat. One of my student tellers is sharing this story on Friday at the festival. I believe it is their book, How & Why Stories: World Tales Kids Can Read & Tell (World Storytelling from August House (Paperback))
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3) "Why Dogs Have Cold Wet Noses" (Dog plugged hole in Ark's side with his nose.)
4) There is the very serious story - part of a much longer Indian Epic about Yudhisthira who would not enter Heaven without his dog.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yudhisthira
5) There is a shorter version of All Dogs go to Heaven about a man who would not enter Heaven without his dog. (Can be told that the place he could not enter was NOT Heaven OR that is was not "Heaven for him.") Later on, he finds identical place (heavenly fountains, etc.) which says they used the earlier place to screen out those who would leave their best friends behind.
6) "The Old Man of the Flowers," a folktale from Japan tells the story of a faithful dog. There is a fairytale (Andersen, I think) about a soldier who goes down into a hollow tree and finds 3 dogs with large eyes guarding treasure. Anyone have more details? There was a joke posted recently based on the fact that dog is god spelled backwards. "The Dog and the Bone" (an Aesop fable) "Why Dog Hates Alligator" - I think J. Reneaux wrote this picture book.
7) From Fran Stalling - "Musicians of Bremen"
Two guys are out hunting. One turns to the other and says, "Your dog has no nose! How does he smell?"
"Awful," says the other.
When telling Musicians of Bremen, I have the anitquated hound dog complain, "When I was young I was a really good hunting dog. But now I'm old and I don't run so good or see so good. My master says I don't smell so good, either." It usually gets a laugh from the older students and the teachers.
http://www.franstallings.com/
8) From Bill Andre
I received this little story from a friend on the web and he got it from a friend of his. (I'm trying to say that I don't know where the story came from but I assume it is not copyrighted.
Anyway, here goes......
It is reported that the following edition of the Book of Genesis was discovered in the Dead Sea Scrolls. If authentic, it would shed light on the question, "Where do pets come from?"
And Adam said, "Lord, when I was in the garden, you walked with me everyday. Now I do not see you anymore. I am lonesome here and it is difficult for me to remember how much you love me."
And God said, "No problem! I will create a companion for you that will be with you forever and who will be a reflection of my love for you, so that you will know I love you, even when you cannot see me. Regardless of how selfish and childish and unlovable you may be, this new companion will accept you as you are and will love you as I do, in spite of yourself."
And God created a new animal to be a companion for Adam. And it was a good animal. And God was pleased. And the new animal was pleased to be with Adam and he wagged his tail.
And Adam said, "But Lord, I have already named all the animals in the Kingdom and all the good names are taken and I cannot think of a name for this new animal."
And God said, "No problem! Because I have created this new animal to be a reflection of my love for you, his name will be a reflection of my ow >name, and you will call him DOG."
And Dog lived with Adam and was a companion to him and loved him. And Adam was comforted. And God was pleased. And Dog was content and wagged his tail.
After a while, it came to pass that Adam's guardian angel came to the Lord and said, "Lord, Adam has become filled with pride. He struts and preens like a peacock and he believes he is worthy of adoration. Dog has indeed taught him that he is loved, but no one has taught him humility."
And the Lord said, "No problem! I will create for him a companion who\ will be with him forever and who will see him as he is. The companion will remind him of his limitations, so he will know that he is not always worthy of adoration."
And God created CAT to be a companion to Adam. And Cat would not obey Adam. And when Adam gazed into Cat's eyes, he was reminded that he was not the supreme being. And Adam learned humility. And God was pleased. And Adam was greatly improved.
And Cat did not care one way or the other.
9) From Angela Jackson
"The Dog"
A butcher is working, and really busy. He notices a dog in his shop and shoos him away. Later, he notices the dog is back again. He walks over to the dog, and notices the dog has a note in his mouth. The butcher takes the note, and it reads, "Can I have 12 sausages and a leg of lamb, please." The butcher looks, and lo and behold, in the dog's mouth, there is a ten dollar bill. So the butcher takes the money, puts the sausages and lamb in a bag, and places it in the dog's mouth. The butcher is very impressed, and since it's closing time, he decides to close up shop and follow the dog. So, off he goes.
The dog is walking down the street and comes to a crossing. The dog puts down the bag, jumps up and presses the crossing button. Then he waits patiently, bag in mouth, for the lights to change. They do, and he walks across the road, with the butcher following. The dog then comes to a bus stop, and starts looking at the timetable. The butcher is in awe at this stage. The dog checks out the times, and sits on one of the seats to wait for the bus.
Along comes a bus. The dog walks to the front of the bus, looks at the number, and goes back to his seat. Another bus comes. Again the dog goes and looks at the number, notices it's the right bus, and climbs on. The butcher, by now open-mouthed, follows him onto the bus. The bus travels thru town and out to the suburbs. Eventually the dog gets up, moves to the front of the bus, and standing on his hind legs, pushes the button to stop the bus. The dog gets off, groceries still in his mouth, and the butcher still following.
They walk down the road, and the dog approaches a house. He walks up the path, and drops the groceries on the step. Then he walks back down the path, takes a big run, and throws himself -whap!- against the door. He goes back down the path, takes another run, and throws himself -whap!- against the door again! There's no answer at the door, so the dog goes back down the path, jumps up on a narrow wall, and walks along the perimeter of the garden. He gets to a window, and bangs his head against it several times. He walks back, jumps off the wall, and waits at the door. The butcher watches as a big guy opens the door, and starts laying into the dog, really yelling at him.
The butcher runs up and stops the guy. "What the heck are you doing? This dog is a genius. He could be on TV, for God's sake!" To which the guy responds, "Clever, my eye. This is the second time this week he's forgotten his key!"
10) I know of the Japanese story of Hachiko, whom everyone in Tokyo knows, faithful dog of a . . . professor? Ever after the professor died, he still came to the street corner where he would wait for the prof to meet him on the way home, every day. When Hachiko the dog died, they have a stone statue on a pedestal - you can probably see photos on the web of it- a big meeting place for lovers, etc. Big common saying in Japan, "faithful as Hachiko."
I spoke with Rav Sylvia Bar who reports a French variant, probably this century, location unknown, reality uncertain. Blind, poor man, pencil seller on a street corner, and the dog with whom he lived. When the peddler died, his seeing-eye dog went daily to the street corner where they had peddled, and also stopped at the little cafe/restaurant where they had used to stop for a bite on the way home. When the dog too died, he was remembered by the town. Sylvia remembers this from an experimental movie clip in LA fifty-odd years ago.
Rrruf.
Your Brother Heartfire
11) From Diane F. Wyzga
Famous Dog Quotes
"Some days you're the dog; some days you're the hydrant." -- Unknown
"Whoever said you can't buy happiness forgot about puppies." -- Gene Hill
"In dog years, I'm dead." -- Unknown
"Dogs feel very strongly that they should always go with you in the car, in case the need should arise for them to bark violently at nothing right in your ear." -- Dave Barry
"Outside of a dog, a book is probably man's best friend; inside of a dog, it's too dark to read." -- Groucho Marx
"To his dog, every man is Napoleon; hence the constant popularity of dogs." -- Aldous Huxley
"A dog teaches a boy fidelity, perseverance, and to turn around three times before lying down." -- Robert Benchley
"Did you ever walk into a room and forget why you walked in? I think that's how dogs spend their lives." -- Sue Murphy
"I loathe people who keep dogs. They are cowards who haven't got the guts to bite people themselves." -- August Strindberg
"No animal should ever jump up on the dining room furniture unless absolutely certain that he can hold his own in the conversation." -- Fran Lebowitz
"Ever consider what they must think of us? I mean, here we come back from a grocery store with the most amazing haul -- chicken, pork, half a cow. They must think we're the greatest hunters on earth!" -- Anne
Tyler
"I wonder if other dogs think poodles are members of a weird religious cult." -- Rita Rudner
"My dog is worried about the economy because Alpo is up to 99 cents a can. That's almost $7.00 in dog money." -- Joe Weinstein
"If I have any beliefs about immortality, it is that certain dogs I have known will go to heaven, and very, very few persons." -- James Thurber
"You enter into a certain amount of madness when you marry a person with pets." -- Nora Ephron
"Don't accept your dog's admiration as conclusive evidence that you are wonderful." -- Ann Landers
"Women and cats will do as they please, and men and dogs should relax and get used to the idea." -- Robert A. Heinlein
"In order to keep a true perspective of one's importance, everyone should have a dog that will worship him and a cat that will ignore him." -- Dereke Bruce, Taipei, Taiwan
"Of all the things I miss from veterinary practice, puppy breath is one of the most fond memories!" -- Dr. Tom Cat
"There is no psychiatrist in the world like a puppy licking your face." -- Ben Williams
"When a man's best friend is his dog, that dog has a problem." -- Edward Abbey
"Cat's motto: No matter what you've done wrong, always try to make it look like the dog did it." -- Unknown
"Money will buy you a pretty good dog, but it won't buy the wag of his tail." -- Unknown
"No one appreciates the very special genius of your conversation as the dog does." -- Christopher Morley
"A dog is the only thing on earth that loves you more than he loves himself." -- Josh Billings
"Man is a dog's idea of what God should be." -- Holbrook Jackson
"The average dog is a nicer person than the average person." -- Andrew A. Rooney
"He is your friend, your partner, your defender, your dog. You are his life, his love, his leader. He will be yours, faithful and true, to the last beat of his heart. You owe it to him to be worthy of such devotion." -- Unknown
"If you pick up a starving dog and make him prosperous, he will not bite you; that is the principal difference between a dog and a man." -- Mark Twain
"Things that upset a terrier may pass virtually unnoticed by a Great Dane." -- Smiley Blanton
"I've seen a look in dogs' eyes, a quickly vanishing look of amazed contempt, and I am convinced that basically dogs think humans are nuts." -- John Steinbeck
Arf, Arf Meow, Diane Wyzga
12) Judy Schmidt (I include these just in case they've slipped your mind)
"A Working Dog"
A salesman dropped in to see a business customer. Not a soul was in the office except a big dog emptying wastebaskets. The salesman stared at the animal, wondering if his imagination could be playing tricks on him. The dog looked up and said, "Don't be surprised. This is just part of my job." "Incredible!" exclaimed the man. "I can't believe it! Does your boss know what a prize he has in you? An animal that can talk!" "No, no," pleaded the dog. "Please don't! If that man finds out I can talk, he'll make me answer the phone as well!"
"Dog's Telegram"
A German shepherd went to a Western Union office, took out a blank form and wrote, "Woof.. woof..woof..woof..woof..woof..woof..woof...woof." The clerk examined the paper and told the dog, "There are only nine words here. You could send another 'woof' for the same price." "But," the dog replied, "that would be silly."
"A Talking Dog"
There was a guy who took his dog into a bar. Upon seeing the dog, the bartender tells the owner that dogs were not allowed into the bar. "Oh, this dog is special. This dog can talk," t he owner said. "Really," the bartender replied, "Sure it can 'speak,' like almost any dog." "No," the owner said, "This dog can actually talk like a normal human." The bartender couldn't believe this for one second. He then decided to make a bet with the owner. "I tell you what, I'll give you free drinks for the evening if that dog can do what you're saying." The owner turns to the dog and asks, "Who was the greatest baseball player of all time?" The dog answers, "Roof!" Upon hearing this, the bartender picks up the owner and the dog and throws them out the door. While sitting on the sidewalk, the dog turns to the owner quite confused, "What? Ty Cobb?!?"
13) Some background: Yudishtra was the eldest of the 5 Pandava brothers, and, despite his mortal lineage, was the son of Dharma, god of justice. In the normal course of things, Yudishtra would have become king. However, he was cheated out of his succession, and this unleashed a series of events which culminated in the great war of the Mahabharatha. Krishna (the god Vishnu in a human avatar) took the side of the Pandavas and of justice.
It was 36 years after the great war. The tribe of the Yadavs, from the midst of whom Krishna had walked out to bestride the world, had fallen into decadence. In one last mad drunken skirmish, all men from the tribe, but for Krishna, his brother Balaram, and a friend perished. The curse that had foretold their end had come true. Krishna and his two brethren had no desire left to live.
Balaram chose to die of his own will, as befitted a god. But Krishna, who had taken human form, was determined to play his part till the end. Having made preparations for the care of the women, the children, and the elderly, he turned his attention to the vexing question of how he could die like a mortal. As he slept in the forest, a hunter mistook the sleeping form for an animal, and unleashed one arrow, which entered through his foot and pierced the length of his body. Grateful for the release, Krishna died. (By the way, the foot was Krishna's only vulnerable part, and I believe that this version predates the myth of Achilles.) The last rites for the heroes were performed by Arjun, the heroic archer and third Pandava brother.
Without Krishna and the menfolk, Dwarka was dead. The sea took what was left, submerging the beautiful buildings where the Yadavs had lived. The remaining citizens were escorted out of the city by Arjun. Yet, when the band was set upon by robbers, Arjun, weakened by grief, failed to protect them.
The death of Krishna drove the Pandavas to grief. (Having fought an internecine war, the fruits had always been Pyrrhic, and the shadow of grief had never really left them.) Weary of the world, Yudishtra abdicated the throne in favour of a great-nephew. Then the five brothers and the queen Draupadi embarked on a pilgrimage, on what they knew was the final journey. As they ascended towards the Himalayas, a dog attached itself to the procession. The small band pressed on, but the overt fatigue and the hidden load of their respective sins began to take their toll. One by one, the queen Draupadi, the twins Sahadev and Nakul, Arjun the archer, and mighty Bheem, all perished. Yudishtra alone, who had lived a life of almost unblemished righteousness, continued, accompanied by the dog. Numb with grief and loneliness, yet impelled by destiny, Yudishtra pressed on. Suddenly, a glow of light appeared alongside, revealing Indra in his golden chariot. Indra descended from the chariot, and invited Yudishtra to board it, since it would carry him straight to heaven. Yudishtra was reluctant at first, insisting that his brothers and wife must also be present. However, on Indra's insistence that he would meet them in heaven, he acquiesced. Yet, as he prepared to board with the dog, Indra laughed and told him that there was no place in heaven for a dog. Yudishtra shook his head, and expressed his inability to comply. The dog, he explained, had shared all his troubles. It had demonstrated its devotion. All Yudishtra's deeds which had earned him a place in heaven would be negated if he failed in his duty towards the dog.
Sadly, but firmly, Yudishtra turned away. If this was the price heaven demanded, he was not willing to pay it. As he turned away, the dog began to change form. The god of justice, Dharma, Yudishtra's celestial father, stood before him. All along, it was Dharma who had kept pace with his son, all the way till the final test was played out with Indra. Yudishtra then ascended Indra's great chariot and left for heaven.
(He didn't get there straight off, though. There were other trials, but that is another story...Personally, I have always found the image of Yudishtra, bereft, lonely, and at the end of his life, still turning away for the sake of the dog especially poignant. Hope you enjoyed it.)
Sridhar
14) From Clellon Baeder
If a dog were your teacher,
You would learn stuff like......
When loved ones come home, always run to greet them.
Never pass up the opportunity to go for a joyride.
Allow the experience of fresh air and the wind in your face to be pure ecstasy.
When it's in your best interest, practice obedience.
Let others know when they've invaded your territory.
Take naps and stretch before rising.
Run, romp, and play daily.
Thrive on attention and let people get close and touch you.
Avoid biting when a simple growl will do.
On warm days, stop to lay on your back on the grass.
On hot days, drink lots of water and lay under a shady tree.
When you're happy, dance around and wag your entire body.
No matter how often you're scolded, don't buy into the guilt thing and pout...run right back and make friends.
Delight in the simple joy of a long walk.
Eat with gusto and enthusiasm.
Stop when you have had enough.
Be loyal.
Never pretend to be something you're not.
If what you want lies buried, dig until you find it.
And MOST OF ALL...
When someone is having a bad day, be silent, sit close by and nuzzle them gently.
15) Dogs in Israel are polite, they don't say, they ask HOW in Hebrew.
Dvora Shurman
16) From Batsy Bybell
How do we know that puppies love their dads?
They always lick their paws.
What did the dog say to the flea?
Don't bug me.
What do you get if you cross a mutt with a poodle?
A muddle.
What happened to the dog who ate an onion?
His bark was MUCH worse than his bite.
What would you get if you crossed a hunting dog and a telephone?
A golden receiver.
Why did the dog feel so frisky?
He had a new leash on life.
What would you say if your puppy ran away?
Doggone!
What kind of dogs would Count Dracula buy at a petstore?
Bloodhounds.
What would you get if you crossed a goldfish and a puppy?
A guppy.
What does a mom dog say when she wants to her little one to quiet down?
Hush, puppies!
17) There is a chapter about the Gelert legend, its predecessors and analogues in Sabine Baring-Gould's "Curious Myths of the Middle Ages" - this also looks at the Wandering Jew, William Tell, the Pied Piper of Hameln, Pope Joan ... It's a wonderful book to browse in.The Welsh story is that Llywelyn Fawr (the Great) went out hunting one day, leaving his favourite hound, Gelert, behind to look after his baby son (or the dog did not come when called). When he returned, he was created by the hound, covered in blood and with a bloody mouth, and when he rushed into the tower he saw the cradle overturned, the bedclothes covered in blood and no sign of his child. He immediately assumed that the dog had gone mad and attacked devoured the boy, and drawing his sword stabbed him to death. Then he heard a weak cry from underneath the cradle and lifting it and the clothes found his son unharmed and the body of a huge wolf, dead with its throat torn out; obviously killed by Gelert. Full of remorse, he erected a monument to the faithful dog, and the location is still called Beddgelert (the Grave of Gelert), and much visited by tourists.
But the story was not associated with the place until 1793, by a local innkeeper, and was then popularised by a ballad. The dog was said to be a gift from Llywelyn's father-in-law King John (he who lost his treasure in the Wash), named Kill-hart, and therefore presumably English. At least Llywelyn's dog was faithful - his wife, Joan/Siwan, was imprisoned for adultery and her lover, a Norman knight, executed - Saunders Lewis wrote a play on this.The story has been traced back to an Indian version (I hesitate to say 'original' of course), where an ichneumon (mongoose) kills a snake, in (Tim's favourite) the Panchatantra: The Complete Version
, and this, or its successors, was the source for Muslim and Jewish versions, themselves the source for mediaeval Latin monkish tales in the Seven Sages and the Gesta Romanorum; there is a Welsh version of the former in the Red Book of Hergest (which also contains one version of the Mabinogion). (Curiously enough, these Latin tales seem be almost entirely based on Classical and Oriental sources, never the vernacular folklore, although clerics like Gerald of Wales recorded plenty of the latter)
In the opposite direction, the Mongolian Uligerun (a translation of the Tibetan Dsanglun) apparently includes a version of this story, received via Buddhist missionaries, with a polecat. But things may not be so simple; there is a Greek version, recorded in Pausanius (C2AD), with a snake protecting a baby from a wolf at Ophiteia (Snake Town), so it may have been current orally in the West before the Eastern versions came in, and I'm not one of those who think stories only migrated from the East (or from the Celts).Anyway, there is a more general motif of a man being rendered a service by a dumb animal friend, which he misunderstands and hence kills:
In a Latin poem 'Culex' (The Gnat) attributed to Virgil, a countryman is stung by a gnat, which he swats before seeing the snake the gnat was warning him about.
S. B-G quotes a tale very similar to your eagle one, but with a falcon, from the Anvar-i-Suhaili (I don't know this) ; this is said to occur, with variations in Aesop (anyone know where?), Aelian and Apthonius.
In an Egyptian story, a (?dumb) slave smashes a plot of herbs which a cook has prepared, and the irate cook thrashes him within an inch of his life; when he returns exhausted from this labour to examine the broken pot he discovers a poisonous snake among the herbs.
hwyl/cheers.
Philip Anderson
18) My favorite is "Yudhishtira and His Dog" also called "The Final Journey" from the great Indian epic the The Mahabharata
. It is such an old story and so powerful. I know it comes in some modern versions too, but I like the ancient one. Takes a little practice to learn how to pronounce the names but it is worth it. Here is the URL that will lead you directly to the story.
http://www.wmblake.com/stories/mahabharata/journey.htm
Janet
19) From Margaret:
There is a fairytale (Andersen, I think) about a soldier who goes down into a hollow tree and finds 3 dogs with large eyes guarding treasure. Anyone have more details?
A dog with eyes as big as teacups! A dog with eyes as large as mill-wheels!
A dog with eyes like towers!
(Although, I remembered it as a dog with eyes as big as a saucer, another with eyes as big as a dinner plate, and the third with eyes as big as a platter.)
It is the story, "The Tinderbox," which can be found at:
http://hca.gilead.org.il/tinderbx.html
20) From Mountain Hermit:
I had many requests on and off the list for this story so I finally sat down and tried to write it. This is just a first draft and I know can use much polishing, but it is a true story I can never tell enough. Feel free to use it in your travels.
They were on their way from India to Canada, a young family immigrating to a new home, and hopefully a better life. They got off the plane in England for a brief stopover and to visit relatives. All of them but one got back on the plane, the smallest one. She remained behind, in a hospital bed, two years old and violently separated from everything and everyone she knew by polio.
The family had followed all of the immigration guidelines and got all their vaccinations before leaving India. When their daughter got sick on the plane they thought it was just a reaction to the shots. When they got the small child to the hospital, a small rigid body was bundled carefully in the mother's arms where only a short time earlier the heavy softness of a small child was cuddled. It was here they discovered the polio, a disease that had been almost eradicated many years earlier. It was 1975, and the polio vaccine was suppose to prevent this from happening. What had gone wrong? The rest of the family had to continue their journey to Canada to meet the terms of their immigration. They left their young daughter behind. It was several months before the mother could return and pick up her daughter and bring her to Canada with the rest of the family. But this is not the story. Nor are the struggles the girl went through as she grew up. There is a story in that, as there is a story in each person's challenges as they grow physically and mentally, whether they faced the challenges of a disability or not.
No, this story is about a dog. It is about a dog that came into the girl's life twenty-five years after her first battle with polio. It is about a Saint Bernard that came into her life as a fifteen pound bundle of energy and grew into a hundred and seventy-five pound bundle of love and an unsung hero of immeasurable proportions.
It was at this time that the girl was beginning to feel the effects of Post-Polio disease, loosing strengths and capabilities that as a child she struggled to regain after her bout with polio. Not content to just sit back and loose her independence, and having done here research the girl found a dog trainer that would work with her, a dog breeder that would work with her, and adopted a puppy that would hopefully grow to be the service dog she needed to help maintain her independence.
This in itself was no small decision. She grew up in a culture that foundanimals dirty and animals in the house an absolute taboo, so there was much opposition and absolutely no support from family. Anyone who knew about dogs advised against a Saint Bernard. "They are big, dumb animals," they all said and then proceeded to recommend almost any other breed but a Saint. The girl had done her homework though. She knew her lifestyle and she knew what she needed so for what seemed like the first time in her life she went against the grain. This was that dog's first work, bringing out a true independence when independence was at risk of being lost altogether. As the puppy grew, it traveled to work with the girl everyday, and was at her side wherever she went. Went the strength in the girl's arms diminished to the point that she had difficulty pushing her wheelchair that puppy, now a beautiful mahogany and white Saint Bernard named Strauss, would pull her wherever she wanted to go. The girl discovered that Strauss could not only pull her where she wanted to go, but to places she had never been able to go on her own. She discovered a world that had always been just out of her reach and in that world she discovered people that, were it not for Strauss, would have tried desperately to pretend they did not notice the poor girl in the wheelchair. Strauss attracted the attention of young and old wherever he went and these people were often so busy noticing the dog that they missed the wheelchair altogether and talked to the person holding the dog, not the person in the wheelchair. Yet another barrier knocked down by the unsung hero.
When the girl became to sick to work, Strauss never left her side. He was there when she got up in the morning. He was there when she went to sleep. He was there when she was in tears and pain, and he was there when she was having a good day. Through it all Strauss remained staunch and steady like no man or woman could. Instinctively Strauss knew exactly what the girl needed. Sometimes that meant sitting for hours with his head rested gently in the girl's lap. Sometimes that meant nudging the girl with his big nose to motivate her to move. Sometimes it meant just being nearby. When the girl lifted herself from into her wheelchair, Strauss would stand as steady as a rock, bearing the girls entire weight when her arms gave out, and he never uttered a complaint. When the girl fell to the floor, which happened more and more often, Strauss would make sure she was okay, then retrieve the phone for her before he would lie down on the floor with her and wait for help to come. More than once when help came they found the girl sound asleep, her head snuggled into the Saint Bernard's soft side. When the girl ended up in the hospital for an extended period, Strauss would be brought to the hospital to visit her. During his visits he would lift not only the girl's spirits, but the spirits of many patients and staff. The girl loves to tell the story of walking outside the hospital with Strauss and being surprised when Strauss ignored her commands and left her side to sit in front of an older woman in a wheelchair who was surrounded by family. The girl to the people as she reached for Straus's leash but they stopped her. The older woman was petting Strauss with a very shaky hand and whispering something. This, according to the family members, was the first time since her stroke that the woman had moved or spoke on her own. These are only some of his accomplishments, for which he could never be rewarded well enough. When Strauss passed away someone told the girl that dog's didn't go to heaven. The girl's response - "Then I hope they don't send me to heaven when I go, I'd rather be with the dogs!" Strauss opened doors, physically and literally. Strauss knocked down barriers with his mere presence. Strauss lifted the heaviest of spirits with a grin only a Saint Bernard can give.
There will never be monuments or plaques dedicated to this dog. Most people will never hear his name or his story despite the hundred's of lives he has touched. After all, he is only a dog.
Only a dog!
21) Why Dogs Have Wet Noses
One version is written down by Joan Chase Brown in Why the Tides Ebb and Flow (Sandpiper Houghton Mifflin Books) (also tells about why we have tides, why girls's legs get cold, and why boys warm up their backsides in front of a fire when they get a chance.) A VERY tellable story.
22) Here's the version I tell.
1) "Why Dogs Sniff Under Tails?" It's listed as "Iroquois," but I'm not sure of that. It tells of how wolf pups
were brought to live with the Two-legged ones, but the Four-Legs were forbidden to dance of sing. I spend some time going over what Four Legs could do better than Two Legs - hearing, smelling, etc. (Children love to make contributions here.)
One night the urge to do the forbidden made the dogs decided to have a dance, but they took off their tails because they were making dust clouds as they sweep the ground. They also sang which, of course, gave them away. In their haste to get away, they just grabbed any old tail. ( I go into great detail and have the audience contribute to how the Jack Russell received the Husky tail, etc. The more ridiculous the better.)
So... that's why dogs are always sniffing each others' tails, searching and asking "Are you sure you have the right one? Isn't that my tail?"
23) QUERY:
A dog living in a village becomes absorbed chasing a butterfly/insect and finds itself lost in the jungle, where it shouldn t be. the dog hears a lion approaching. when the lion is close and about to harm the dog, the dog says something (i don t remember what) that causes the lion to leave. a monkey watching this from a tree goes after the lion and tells the lion (don t remember what) how the dog tricked it. the lion tells the monkey to get on its back and they go back to the dog. when they get to the dog, the dog says something (don t remember what) that causes the lion to doubt what the monkey told the lion, and the lion again doesn t harm the dog. Please help me complete this story. I heard it on public radio in 2004, don't remember date or time.
RESPONSES:
a) This may be the story:
A wealthy old lady decides to go on a photo safari in Africa, taking her faithful aged poodle named Cuddles, along for the company.
One day the poodle starts chasing butterflies and before long, Cuddles discovers that she's lost. Wandering about, she notices a leopard heading rapidly in her direction with the intention of having lunch. The old poodle thinks, "Oh, oh! I'm in deep doo-doo now!"
Noticing some bones on the ground close by, she immediately settles down to chew on the bones with her back to the approaching cat. Just as the leopard is about to leap, the old poodle exclaims loudly, "Boy, that was one delicious leopard! I wonder if there are any more around here?"
Hearing this, the young leopard halts his attack in mid-strike, a look of terror comes over him and he slinks away into the trees. "Whew!", says the leopard, "That was close! That old poodle nearly had me!"
Meanwhile, a monkey who had been watching the whole scene from a nearby tree, figures he can put this knowledge to good use and trade it for protection from the leopard. So off he goes, but the old poodle sees him heading after the leopard with great speed, and figures that something must be up. The monkey soon catches up with the leopard, spills the beans and strikes a deal for himself with the leopard.
The young leopard is furious at being made a fool of and says, "Here, monkey, hop on my back and see what's going to happen to that conniving canine!"
Now, the old poodle sees the leopard coming with the monkey on his back and thinks, "What am I going to do now?" But instead of running, the dog sits down with her back to her attackers, pretending she hasn't seen them yet, and just when they get close enough to hear, the old poodle says: "Where's that damn monkey? I sent him off an hour ago to bring me another leopard!" The monkey jumped up into the tree, the leopard ran away. The little old poodle and the rich old lady found their way to each other and lived happily. (Source unknown.)
Gladys C.
b) I'm pretty sure this is an adaptation and transposition of part of the Panchatantra: The Complete Version, an ancient Indian series of fables. Obviously the poodle, and Africa, weren't part of the original, but the whole comedy of the monkey, leopard (tiger originally) and so forth was. I'd have to go back to the original to see just how much has been changed, but most of it's there.
Panchatantra: The Complete Version is an absolutely essential source of stories for all storytellers, and not all that long to read. There are plenty of editions, and even some other ancient collections of fables are based on it, including Aesop's. The fables string together into longer stories. One book for instance is called the War Between the Owls and the Crows - an amazingly evocative title I always think!
Tim S.
24) My favorite dog story comes from the The Mahabharata, the 3,000 year old Indian epic poem.
Bones:
Yudhishtira, and his brothers and their wife realize they have come to the end of their lives and they travel North into the Himalayas on foot. Finally only Yudhishtira and his little brown dog are left and Indra in his golden chariot appears before them and invites Yudhishtira to come with him to Paradise. Indra says, "You cannot take the dog with you into heaven." Yudhishtira refuses to go without the dog. "This dog has been companion, protector, friend. I will stay near him." The dog transforms into the God Dharma -- actually Yudhishtira's father. Yudhishtira is praised for his loyalty and devotion and heaven is attained.
This is the oldest version of the story, other versions exist today. I have a couple of versions from the Mahabharata on my hard drive. I think the Blake translation is the most accessible. I would be glad to send you a copy as an attachment, if you like. It has to be adjusted a bit in order to be tellable, and learning the names is challenging. I went to some of my Indian friends for help with pronuciation.
There are also a number of modernized versions floating around out there.
Janet M. 5/12/05
25) Are dogs allowed in heaven?
Bones:
A man and his dog were walking along a road. The man was enjoying the scenery, when it suddenly occurred to him that he was dead. He remembered dying, and that the dog walking beside him had been dead for years. He wondered where the road was leading them.
After a while, they came to a high, white stone wall along one side of the road. It looked like fine marble. At the top of a long hill, it was broken by a tall arch that glowed in the sunlight.
When he was standing before it he saw a magnificent gate in the arch that looked like mother-of-pearl, and the street that led to the gate looked like pure gold. He and the dog walked toward the gate, and as he got closer, he saw a man at a desk to one side. When he was close enough, he called out, "Excuse me, where are we?"
"This is Heaven, sir," the man answered.
"Wow! Would you happen to have some water?" the man asked.
"Of course, sir. Come right in, and I'll have some ice water brought right up." The man gestured, and the gate began to open.
"Can my friend," gesturing toward his dog, "come in, too?" the traveler asked.
"I'm sorry, sir, but we don't accept pets."
The man thought a moment and then turned back toward the road and continued the way he had been going with his dog.
After another long walk, and at the top of another long hill, he came to a dirt road leading through a farm gate that looked as if it had never been closed. There was no fence. As he approached the gate, he saw a man inside, leaning against a tree and reading a book.
"Excuse me!" he called to the man. "Do you have any water?"
"Yeah, sure, there's a pump over there, come on in."
"How about my friend here?" the traveler gestured to the dog.
"There should be a bowl by the pump."
They went through the gate, and sure enough, there was an old-fashioned hand pump with a bowl beside it. The traveler filled the water bowl and took a long drink himself, then he gave some to the dog. When they were full, he and the dog walked back toward the man who was standing by the tree.
"What do you call this place?" the traveler asked.
"This is Heaven," he answered.
"Well, that's confusing," the traveler said. "The man down the road said that was Heaven, too."
"Oh, you mean the place with the gold street and pearly gates? Nope. That's hell."
"Doesn't it make you mad for them to use your name like that?"
"No, we're just happy that they screen out the folks who would leave their best friends behind."
Lee-Ellen M. 7/28/05
26) A Heartwarming Story for Dog Lovers
http://www.boomerangtags.com/gates.html
Karen C. 8/9/06
27) The first one that comes to mind is the pourquoi story, Why Dog Chases Cat. Martha Hamilton and Mitch Weiss have a version in their book How & Why Stories: World Tales Kids Can Read & Tell (World Storytelling from August House (Paperback)).
http://www.beautyandthebeaststorytellers.com/btn-hws.html
"The Story of the Jackal and the Dog"
The jackal, the dog and their children, according to our ancestors, lived and ate together in the bush. One year, long ago, the weather was rather cold, and as they could not bear the cold, they and their children were about to die. The jackal asked the dog: "How will we ever find fire to heat ourselves?"
The dog said: "Mondo, Mondo, look over there! This Man is lighting a fire! I will immediately go to fetch a piece of burning wood so that we can heat ourselves." The dog went to talk to the Man who was heating himself. The Man asked him, "Where do you come from?" The dog answered, "We will die from the cold, which is why I came to seek fire to heat ourselves." The Man answered him, "Heat yourself well before you take some of the fire with you, then you can be on your way."
Then the dog, with her mouth raised up, put herself nearer the fire to heat herself. She heated herself until she burned her fur, but her nose remained moist. During this time, the Man's Wife came to prepare a meal for them. They ate well, and the dog even ate the bones. Thus it forgot to take some fire with her. Meanwhile, the jackal suffered from the cold with her children. And to this day, she continues to call the dog to bring fire so that they can be warmed by its heat.
Then the dog said, "I will go into the bush, where my nose leads me, only if it first becomes dry." Thus she gave up on the jackal with her children. As for the dog, she followed the Man to return to his house. This is why, even today, the nose of the dog always remains wet. When you notice that the nose of the dog becomes dry, you will know for certain that she just died, and so you should throw it in bush. To this day, whenever you hear the jackal crying out, it is that she is calling the dog. The dog in turn will bark, to affirm that it will go into the bush when its nose becomes dry.This history is drawn from the book Taaya gede (Dog Stories) by the Association for the Development and the Promotion of the Guerguiko Language. 2000: Association SIL Chad, BP 4214, N'Djaména, Chad. http://www.tchad.org/research/folktales.html
Karen C 9/3/06
28) Do you know what you get when you mix a poodle with a mutt?
A muddle.
Karin McC 9/3/06
29) To add to the dog stories, here's one of a different kind. The story of Llewelyn and his dog, Gelert. I'm sure you know it; it is the one about the man who comes home to find a bloody mess around the cradle, and, thinking his dog had attacked the baby, kills the dog, only to hear an infant's cry and discover that the dog had killed an attacking wolf. It was wolf blood that he had seen around the cradle and on the dog.
What I found on Snopes is that there are hundreds of settings for this tale, so tell it however you wish! It is a tender, heart-rending tale of dog loyalty--and one man's regretable doubt.
http://www.snopes.com/critters/defender/babysave.htm
Mary Grace K. 9/4/06
30) I learned about a REALLY special dog named Jim the Wonder Dog. Look him in Google, and you'll get the whole story. Another wonderful dog story is about Ginny, the Dog Who Rescued Cats.
Judith W. 9/4/06
DOG SONGS
1) So here's what I need from your collective wisdom and incredible wealth of arcane and trivial knowledge: Lyrics containing the phrase "Let sleeping dogs lie." Lyrics or quotes related to dogs/dog behavior/male-female relationships.
2) Friend of a friend made up some new lyrics to "Thank god i'm a country boy" in honor of her beloved weiner dog... All I remember is:
..Well I got short legs and I'm long in the middle
something something
...I go outside and take a little piddle
Life ain't nothin' but eatin lots of kibble
Thank god I'm a weiner dog!
which isn't much, but if you're feeling very inspired you could add more or
play with another well known song...
3) Try these:
"Oh, I Wanna Be a Dog" by Barry Louis Polisar
"My Dog's Better Than Your Dog" by Tom Paxton
4) I just remembered Jay Manketa's parody of "From a Distance" called "From a Dog's Stance". I'm not sure where you can find it, but I'll ask on my CMN (Children's Music Network) Website.
5) The bestest dog song in the entire world and of all time is Connie Kaldor's "I Love That Dog" from her Small Cafe CD.
http://www.conniekaldor.com/all_about/music/discography/small_cafe/i_love_that_dog.html
6) Just thought of another:
"Damned Old Dog" by The Roches (self titled album)
Words & Music by Margaret A Roche)
Do I wanna be a dog?
any diddlin' male would do
if I was a damned old dog
I wouldn't be fussy for you
Do I wanna be a housebroken dog
eat better than an Indian
I don't wanna be a damned old dog
I just wanna lick your chin again
I thought that I could convince you
I thought that I could get through
chew out a hole in the fence you
barked up between me and you
Limpin' around in the moonlight
coverin' up what I did
words decompose all around me
nuisances I committed
Do I wanna be a dog
cut the heat out of me
if I was a damned old dog
I wouldn't have to goddamn human be
Copyright 1979 DeShufflin Inc.
7) Here it is; it's one of my favorites. I sing it to my dog all the time. Another of his songs that I love dearly is "Living Planet".
"From A Dog's Stance"
(a parody of Julie Gold's original song, "From a Distance") by Jay Mankita 1992
From a dog's stance, the world's a bowl of food...and no dog is in need. From a dog's stance, no dog is ever rude...just one hungry mouth to feed
From a dog's stance there is harmony, and it rests upon your pla-a-ate,
It's the drool of hope...It's the look of guilt...
That's the stance of every dog.
Dogs are watching us (2x)
Dogs are watching us ....from a dog's stance.
(alternate second line to first verse): There are no cats, no postmen, baths or fleas; there's just one hungry mouth to feed.
From a dog's stance, there is harmony...and it rests upon your plate.
It's the drool of hope...It's the look of guilt...
That's the stance of every dog.
Verse 2:
From a dog's stance, we all have enough...so why not give dogs more?
From a dog's stance, dogs cannot comprehend...what all these cats are for.
From a dog's stance, we are waitresses...marching to the kitchen now.
Bringing bowls of food...Make that "people" food...
That's the stance of every dog.
Dogs are watching us; Dogs are watching us;
Dogs are watching us...from a dog's stance From: UncleRuthie@aol.com
I have a song on my album "The Mystery of Time" It is called "Captain Poop" and it is a humorous/ environmental song about people who do no clean up after their dogs..
Also the marvelous "There's a Dog in School" by Bill Wellington (CMN) which is on my recording "H.U.M. - Highly Usable Music". It has also been recorded by other cmn'ers!
8) Ummmm ...
Who Let the Dogs Out? ruff, ruff, ruff
9) There's always that old favorite: "How much is that doggie in the window?" and maybe something from "Lady and the Tramp."
10) Every time I go to town, the boys they kick my dog around. Makes no diff'rence if he is a hound, they gotta quit kickin' my dog around"
"You know my girl just called me up
And she woke me from my sleep
You should have heard the things she said
You know she hurt my feelings deep.
I’m gonna buy me a dog [a dog, a dog! why? ]
’cause I need a friend now. [say, you need all the friends you can get]
I’m gonna buy me a dog,
My girl, my girl, don’t love me no how.
She used to bring me my newspaper
’cause she knew where it was at.
She used to keep me so contented.
But I can teach a dog to do that.
I’m gonna buy me a dog,
’cause I need a friend now
I’m gonna buy me a dog,
My girl, my girl, don’t love me no how."
11) How about Cat Stevens' "I Love My Dog"
"I love my dog as much as I love you
But you may fade, my dog will always come through.
All he asks from me is the food to give him strength
All he ever needs is love and that he knows he'll get
So, I love my dog as much as I love you
But you may fade, my dog will always come through.
All the pay I need comes shining through his eyes
I don't need no cold water to make me realize that
I love my dog as much as I love you
But you may fade, my dog will always come through.
Na, na, na, na, na, na, nana...
I love my dog as much as I love you
But you may fade, my dog will always come through.
Na, na, na, na, na, na, nana...
I love my dog, Baby, I love my dog. Na, na, na...
I love my dog, Baby, I love my dog. Na, na, na... "
Or of course the classic:
"You ain't nothin' but a hound dog cryin' all the time...you ain't never caught a rabbit and you ain't no friend of mine!"
12) What timing! I am in the middle of reading Shirley MacLaine's new book, Out on a Leash. It's about her relationship with her dog. A must read for this project. I found it at my library.
Hey hey we're the Monkees....Mickey Dolenz, gotta buy him a dog...
Any inspiration from 101 Dalmations?
Dog Day Afternoon?
Lassie?
Turner and Hooch?
Deputy Dawg?
Best in Show? (one of the funniest movies ever made.)
I finally posted Canine Connection on my website, where you can see Pervis' singles ad. Picture included. Check it out.
arf!
13) There's also George Thorogood's cover of Hank Williams's "Move It On Over," which has him as the dog (who's been running around on his girl, and now he's in the doghouse).
I come in last night about half past ten
That baby of mine wouldn't let me in
So move it on over
Rock it on over
Move over little dog, a mean, old dog is movin' in
She told me not to mess around
But I done let the deal go down
Move it on over
Rock it on over
Move over nice dog, a big, fat dog is movin' in
She changed the lock on my back door
Now my key won't fit no more
Move it on over
Rock it on over
Move over nice dog, a mean, old dog is movin' in
She threw me out just as pretty as she pleased
Pretty soon I've been scratchin' fleas
Move it on over
Slide it on over
Move over nice dog, a mean, old dog is movin' in
Yeah! Listen to me dog before you start to whine
That side's yours and this side's mine
Move it on over
Rock it on over
Move over little dog, a big, old dog is movin' in.
She changed the lock on my back door
Now my key won't fit no more
Move it on over (etc. etc.)
Move over cool dogs, a hot dog's movin' in.
And there's always "Who Let the Dogs Out?" by the Baha Men, which I think is actually supposed to be about a bunch of girl-hungry guys running amok.
14) How about Jane Siberry's 1989 "Everything Reminds Me of My Dog"?
Everything Reminds Me Of My Dog
everything reminds me of my dog
the guy in the store reminds me of my dog
telephones remind me of my dog...yoohoo
taxicabs remind me too
if you remind me of my dog
we'll probably git along little doggie
git along git along little doggie git a...
smiling at strangers reminds me of my dog
(better let them know you're friendly)
the way people dress reminds me too
pissing on their favourite tree
sad things remind me of my dog
cockroaches and other insects
remind me too, don't eat them
the blank expression of the little boy
with thick glasses who picks
himself up from the sidewalk
and stands there blinking in the sun
ho oh!
if you remind me of my dog
we'll probably git along little doggie
git along git along little doggie git a...
like the man on the subway
sitting across from me
and every time I looked at him he smiled
and by the time
I got to the end of the subway line
I 'd given him at least ...oh...25 cookies
guys in bars remind me of my dog
the way it takes you so long
to choose the perfect table
if you remind me of my dog
we'll probably git along little doggie
git along git along little doggie git a...
me and my ferocious dog
we're walking down the street
and everyone we meet says
"ach yer a goot doogie !...
"ach yer a goot doogie!..."
"ach yer a goot doogie!..."
except when we go for a walk
to get the Sunday paper
I stand there and read the headlines
he reads the wind
sometimes he hits a funny smell and laughs
I hate it when he does that- I feel so dumb
what? what? I say
everything reminds me of my dog
beautiful things
sunsets remind me of my dog
Gina go to your window
Einstein reminds me of me dog
I want to pat his fluffy head
this whole world reminds me of my dog
my dog reminds me of this whole world
do I remind you of a dog? (thump thump)
I do? (faster thump thump)
skyscrapers remind me of my dog
sitting in the tall grass waiting for a rabbit
guys in red cameros too
it's getting to be a habit
artists remind me of my dog
staking out their originality on the nearest tree
old folks remind me of my dog
my dog reminds old people of their dogs
(Barfy, Ruffo, Beanhead)
Gina says I remind her of the dog
the that way I just did that
golfers teeing off remind me of my dog
the way he sits by me and shifts on his front paws
what is it you want? look at it...
do you want to go for a walk? do you want a cookie?
do you want me to dial the number for you?
15) I just Googled "Let sleeping dogs lie". You'll love it!
16) My favorite "dog" line from a song, hysterically funny, is, "Somebody kicked my dog Mavis, and I'm gonna find out just who the hell it was!" The song is by the The Dead Milkmen. Makes me giggle every time.
17) I just looked up dogs in The Prentice Hall Encyclopedia of World Proverbs and found 8 pages on Dogs - don't know where to start! There were also lots of pages on men and women separately, but nothing under the topic of men and women. However, my International Thesaurus of Quotations has three pages of quotes on men and women including these : Women like silent men. They think they're listening. Marcel Achard - Nov 4, 1956 I should like to see any kind of man, distinguishable from a gorilla, that some good and even pretty woman could not shape a husband out of. Oliver Wendell Homes - The Professor at the Breakfast Table 1860 The allurement that women hold out to men is precisely the allurement that Cape Hatteras holds out to sailors: They are enormously dangerous and hence enormously fascinating. H. L. Mencken in The Smart Set May 1919.
18) I have a song on my album "The Mystery of Time" It is called "Captain Poop" and it is a humorous/ environmental song about people who do no clean up after their dogs.. Also the marvelous "There's a Dog in School" by Bill Wellington (CMN) which is on my recording "H.U.M. - Highly Usable Music". It has also been recorded by other cmn'ers!
19) I have no idea if this is apocraphal, but I once read that in Colonial times people used to use dog hide for making shoes, hence two of our idioms: "my dogs are barking" and "putting on the dog"
20) Thanks to all who contributed to my request for dog lyrics/quotes. I have complied all of the responses from this list and the SherBoards at this link:
http://www.barbarasher.com/ubb/Forum3/HTML/003547.html
21) Beautiful! see
http://www.butterflyalphabet.com/
http://www.land-hildebrand.com/
or http://www.land-hildebrand.com/landhilbbbcd.html
"The Dog Song" is on "Ballads, Babies & Barbeque" and can be downloaded. It's quite cute, and worth ordering for the full version IMHO. I used it with my Shakespeare class as we read Midsummer Night's Dream "use me as you use your spaniel, kick me, spurn me."
22) And there's "The Puppy Song" by Harry Nilsson...
"If only I could have a puppy,
I'd call myself so very lucky
Just to have some company
To share a cup of tea with me.
I'd take my puppy everywhere...
doo doo doo doo I wouldn't care...
We would stay away from crowds,
And signs that said "no dogs allowed"...
Lynda T. 8/10/06
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