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The Dog Never Complains (Sgt. Puppy's Field Notes, June 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 06/03/26. Three paragraphs of monospace text reading: "Another B&B opened on Route 2. A couple from Western Mass. They have a rain barrel now and opinions about composting. This is Camp Puppy Haven, Vermont. It was Wednesday, June 3rd. The black flies were thinning out in Camp Puppy Haven, thunderheads building to the west. We were working the afternoon watch out of Anti-Brooding Squad. My partner's Murph. The boss is Captain Mabel. My name's Puppy. The woman was on her third walk of the day. The dog was not complaining. The dog never complains." Signed THiNK LiKE A DOG.

Another B&B opened on Route 2. A couple from Western Mass. They have a rain barrel now and opinions about composting. This is Camp Puppy Haven, Vermont.

It was Wednesday, June 3rd. The black flies were thinning out in Camp Puppy Haven, thunderheads building to the west. We were working the afternoon watch out of Anti-Brooding Squad. My partner's Murph. The boss is Captain Mabel. My name's Puppy.

The woman was on her third walk of the day. The dog was not complaining. The dog never complains.


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

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