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A Bittersweet Victory
From Chicken Soup for the Soul: The Dog Really Did That?
By Becky Lewellen Povich Accept the challenges so that you can feel the exhilaration of victory.
~George S. Patton I wasn't with Ron the day he spotted the Free Puppies sign. Later he claimed when he almost passed it, our car spontaneously swerved into the gravel driveway and lurched to a stop, flinging grit and tiny pebbles in all directions. That automobile reacted the same way whenever it neared Garage Sale and Yard Sale posters, too. "You should've seen them, honey," he grinned as he recounted the story. "Those puppies kept climbing and tumbling out of their cardboard box. Each one scampering around the lawn was cuter than the next. Little fuzzy bundles of black and brown rolling around..." (Keep reading) | 