A Pet Reader

Chapter 20: A Loving Friend

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About This Book

Aimed at beginning readers, this collection presents short poems and simple prose about household and farm animals, including dogs, cats, birds, poultry, horses, rabbits, and small pets. Brief anecdotes, descriptive pieces, and rhymes portray everyday pet behavior, care tasks, and gentle moral lessons about kindness and responsibility toward animals. Sections group similar creatures and alternate playful vignettes with practical tips for feeding, housing, and helping wildlife. Illustrative scenes and accessible language support early reading and introduce empathy for animals.

A Loving Friend

Ah! doggy, don’t you think

That you should very faithful be,

For having such a loving friend

To comfort you as me?

And when the school is over,

And we can run and play,

We’ll have a scamper in the fields

And see them making hay.