Norman Speak Caroline Adderson pictures by Qin Leng Groundwood Books House of Anansi Press Toronto Berkeley
We went to the animal shelter So many kinds of dogs were there brown black white gray large and small curly and straight We looked at each dog in its cage and each dog looked back The sad way those dogs looked at us made me want to cry Mom asked Which one All of them I said Twenty-four dogs Dad said Okay Let’s take the saddest one But which one was the saddest It was really hard to tell This one That one I know how to choose I said
