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The Dog Kept His Counsel (Sgt. Puppy's Field Notes, May 19)

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 05/19/26. Three paragraphs of monospace text reading: "The summer people opened the camp next door. They brought a citronella candle. The mosquitoes laughed. This is Camp Puppy Haven, Vermont. It was Tuesday, May 19th. The bears had tired of the forest and were venturing out. We were working the day watch out of Bear-in-the-road Brigade. My partner's Murph. The boss is Lieutenant Pickles. My name's Puppy. A man asked his dog if it always got like this. The dog kept his counsel. The bears and mosquitoes didn't." Signed THiNK LiKE A DOG.

The summer people opened the camp next door. They brought a citronella candle. The mosquitoes laughed. This is Camp Puppy Haven, Vermont.

It was Tuesday, May 19th. The bears had tired of the forest and were venturing out. We were working the day watch out of Bear-in-the-road Brigade. My partner's Murph. The boss is Lieutenant Pickles. My name's Puppy.

A man asked his dog if it always got like this. The dog kept his counsel. The bears and mosquitoes didn't.


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

Read the full series at Camp Puppy Haven.

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