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The Swimming Hole Rope Came Without a Name (Sgt. Puppy's Field Notes, July 13)

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 07/13/26. Three paragraphs of monospace text reading: "Somebody tied a fresh rope to the big maple over the swimming hole Sunday night. No note. By nine this morning, there were three bikes dropped in the ferns nearby. This is Camp Puppy Haven, Vermont. It was Monday, July 13th. It was warm and hazy in Camp Puppy Haven, headed for the high eighties. We were working the day watch out of Swimming Hole Detail. My partner's Doris. The boss is Lieutenant Dot. My name's Puppy. The new rope over the swimming hole came without a name. The kids swung anyway. Doris and I saw no reason to investigate." Signed THiNK LiKE A DOG.

Somebody tied a fresh rope to the big maple over the swimming hole Sunday night. No note. By nine this morning, there were three bikes dropped in the ferns nearby. This is Camp Puppy Haven, Vermont.

It was Monday, July 13th. It was warm and hazy in Camp Puppy Haven, headed for the high eighties. We were working the day watch out of Swimming Hole Detail. My partner's Doris. The boss is Lieutenant Dot. My name's Puppy.

The new rope over the swimming hole came without a name. The kids swung anyway. Doris and I saw no reason to investigate.


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

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