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Every Dog Heard It First (Sgt. Puppy's Field Notes, July 3)

Erin Wood
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Today's field note from Sgt. Puppy and the morning watch at Camp Puppy Haven, Vermont.

Typewriter-style note on cream paper, dated 07/03/26. Three paragraphs of monospace text reading: "Camp Puppy Haven, Vermont. The town green. The bandstand, going up plank by plank for tomorrow. The creemee stand, line already out the door at one in the afternoon. Beyond that, it's us. It was Friday, July 3rd. It was hot and hotter in Camp Puppy Haven, sky threatening in the west. We were working the afternoon watch out of Firework Prep Overwatch. My partner's Dave. He's new. He brought a phone. The boss is Lieutenant Vera. My name's Puppy. A boy was testing bottle rockets in the driveway, one at a time, for practice. Every dog on the road heard them before he did. Tomorrow's going to be a long one." Signed THiNK LiKE A DOG.

Camp Puppy Haven, Vermont. The town green. The bandstand, going up plank by plank for tomorrow. The creemee stand, line already out the door at one in the afternoon. Beyond that, it's us.

It was Friday, July 3rd. It was hot and hotter in Camp Puppy Haven, sky threatening in the west. We were working the afternoon watch out of Firework Prep Overwatch. My partner's Dave. He's new. He brought a phone. The boss is Lieutenant Vera. My name's Puppy.

A boy was testing bottle rockets in the driveway, one at a time, for practice. Every dog on the road heard them before he did. Tomorrow's going to be a long one.


Sgt. Puppy's Field Notes are published most weekday mornings.

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