Run, Buddy, Run

By Eva L. Dunavan

Buddy, a German shepherd, slips his collar during a frightening thunderstorm. Exhausted and hungry after running for miles, he seeks shelter in a thicket. When morning finds him shivering under a bush, he moves on only to be chased away at each place he stops. Finally, a farmer and his wife befriend him. Come join Buddy on his farm adventures as he throws down boundaries to a portly construction guy, a UPS man, and a grey coyote.

Meet his new friend Bella Burrito from Chicago and enjoy their newfound friendship!

Ride in the truck with Buddy as he takes on Mr. Vulture and meet his farmer friend who brings him barbequed steak bones!

This loving canine brings laughter as he establishes boundaries and learns a few himself.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Xlibris US
• Release date: Jun 21, 2013
• ISBN: 9781483653587

Eva L. Dunavan

Eva Dunavan and her husband, Joe, reside on an East Central Illinois farm. Her farm experience and their travels inspire her story ideas. She has a Master of Education degree from the University of Illinois and a diploma from the Institute of Children’s Literature in Redding, Connecticut. She has taught for thirty-six years (kindergarten to seventh grade) and understands the importance of children grasping the concepts of boundaries in relationships. Choices and consequences are showcased in her stories. With a touch of humor, she develops her characters; and they model concepts of loving, sharing, caring and learning to establish boundaries.

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Copyright © 2013 by Eva L. Dunavan.

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Rev. date: 08/01/2013

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Contents

Acknowledgments

Chapter One Hiding Out

Chapter Two Sweet Dreams

Chapter Three Farmer Friend and Dozer Guy

Chapter Four Bella Burrito Visits

Chapter Five Training the UPS Man

Chapter Six Grey Face

Chapter Seven Itches

Chapter Eight Helping Out

Chapter Nine Chasing

Chapter Ten The Good Life

Acknowledgments

I would like to thank my family and friends for their encouraging words and support while writing this book!

Thank you!

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Chapter One

Hiding Out

Ker-bang! The lightning bolts zigzagged across the sky. I was terrified. I saw the bolt that had hit the tree. It caused it to splinter and come crashing down on my doghouse.

The constant rumbling caused my ears to hurt too. I decided it was time to leave.

I tried to slide my collar by pulling hard on my chain and twisting my head side to side. It took several tugs, but I successfully slid it over my ears.

Finally free, I raced down the black asphalt pavement. My heart pounded as I leaped over the ditch. My paw pads stung as they hit the hard dirt field clods.

Onward I raced searching for shelter. Then, I spotted a safe shelter. I dove into a grove of trees with an underlying thicket. I didn’t know how long I had been running or even the direction of my doghouse. I just knew; I was lost, scared, exhausted and extremely hungry. I decided to lie down, and the last thing I remember was my eyes fluttering shut.

I woke up because pounding rain was stinging my nose. The cold rain had formed a puddle around me. Now, I lay shivering under the brush trying to collect my thoughts.

The storm’s intensity had picked up and started the tree branches swaying violently. I then decided to leave the thicket and follow a gnarly old hedgerow. Maybe I could jump up a rabbit, unfortunately, all I saw was their white fuzzy tails disappear under a log.

I trotted on, and my nostrils picked up an aroma of baking bread. I saw a lady standing in her cozy kitchen kneading dough. Perhaps, she would feed me and give me a drink.

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