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Murph Could Read the Man (Sgt. Puppy's Field Notes, May 21)

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 05/21/26. Three paragraphs of monospace text reading: "Camp Puppy Haven, Vermont. A dirt road in. A screen door. The mudroom. The black flies that got past all three. The dogs were ready for them. It was Thursday, May 21st. It was warm in Camp Puppy Haven, the flies thick by noon. We were working the day watch out of Black-Fly Buffer Squad. My partner's Murph. The boss is Captain Otis. My name's Puppy. A man had spent forty dollars on chemical-free bug spray. The flies couldn't read the label. Murph could read the man." Signed THiNK LiKE A DOG.

Camp Puppy Haven, Vermont. A dirt road in. A screen door. The mudroom. The black flies that got past all three. The dogs were ready for them.

It was Thursday, May 21st. It was warm in Camp Puppy Haven, the flies thick by noon. We were working the day watch out of Black-Fly Buffer Squad. My partner's Murph. The boss is Captain Otis. My name's Puppy.

A man had spent forty dollars on chemical-free bug spray. The flies couldn't read the label. Murph could read the man.


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

Read the full series at Camp Puppy Haven.

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