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Pierrot, Dog of Belgium

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By Walter A. Dyer
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A family in Belgium adopts a comical, clumsy puppy who quickly becomes a beloved household companion; the narrative follows his early days—market visits, village routines, and warm interactions with children and older animals—then shifts as war encroaches on civilian life, bringing displacement, loss, and separations. Through the dog's steadfast loyalty and a child's sorrow the story ties intimate domestic moments to broader wartime suffering, offering detailed rural scenes and compassionate observations of ordinary people coping with devastation.

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Title: Pierrot, Dog of Belgium

Author: Walter A. Dyer

Illustrator: Gordon Grant

Release date: April 4, 2018 [eBook #56921]

Language: English

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PIERROT, DOG OF BELGIUM

A BELGIAN CARBINEER CAME VERY HURRIEDLY ONE MORNING AND LED PIERROT AWAY

PIERROT

DOG OF BELGIUM

By WALTER A. DYER

AUTHOR OF
“THE RICHER LIFE,” ETC.

Illustrated by Gordon Grant

Garden CityNew York
DOUBLEDAY, PAGE & COMPANY
1915

Copyright, 1915, by
Doubleday, Page & Company

All rights reserved, including that of
translation into foreign languages,
including the Scandinavian

TO THE
COMMISSION FOR RELIEF
IN BELGIUM

WAGING A BLOODLESS BATTLE AGAINST
FAMINE AND THE RAVAGES OF
WAR, THIS LITTLE TALE IS
SYMPATHETICALLY
DEDICATED

Belgium lies bleeding.

Across her level, lush meadows the harsh-shod hosts of war have marched. Beside her peaceful waters the sons of God have spilled each other’s blood. Beneath her noble trees have raged the fires of human hate.

Her king and his brave warriors have fought to save that which was their own and, driven back, have left their smiling land to suffer the desolation which has ever been the conqueror’s boast. Her ancient cities smoke. The inspired craftsmanship of an elder day has been destroyed forever.

Belgium lies moaning.

Across the winter sea we have heard the wailing of men and women among their ruined homes—honest townsfolk, simple Walloon and Flemish peasants, who had borne no malice and had done no wrong. And amid the cries of anguish and despair there have come to me the weeping of a little girl named Lisa and the voice of a faithful dog whining for his master.

W. A. D.

PIERROT, DOG OF BELGIUM

PIERROT, DOG OF BELGIUM