Terrier
Chapter One
Being the Journal of Rebakah Cooper
dwelling at Mistress Trout's lodgings
Nipcopper Close, the Lower City
Corus, the realm of Tortall
I have this journal that I mean to use as a record of my days as a Provost's
Dog. Should I survive my first year as a Puppy, it will give me good practice
for writing proper reports when I am required to write them as a proper Dog. By
reporting as much as I can remember word by word, especially in talk with folk
about the city, I will keep my memory exercises sharp. Our trainers told us we
must always try to memorize as much as we could exactly as we could. "Your
memory is your record when your hands are too busy." That is one of our training
sayings.
For my own details, to make a proper start, I own to five feet and eight inches
in height. My build is muscled for a mot. I have worked curst hard to make it
so, in the training yard and on my own. My peaches are well enough. Doubtless
they would be larger if I put on more pounds, but as I have no sweetheart and am
not wishful of one for now, my peaches are fine as they are.
I am told I am pret ... read full excerpt from: Terrier ebook
