Finding Gobi: The true story of one little dog’s big journey. Dion Leonard

      

      

      Adapted by Aaron Rosenberg

      First published in Great Britain by HarperCollins Children’s Books 2017

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      Source ISBN: 9780008244521

      Ebook Edition © 2017 ISBN: 9780008244538

      Version: 2017-05-09

      To all dog lovers:

      no matter where life takes you,

       your dog will always be there for you.

      Contents

       Cover

       Title Page

       Copyright

       Dedication

Chapter One

Chapter Two

Chapter Three

Chapter Four

Chapter Five

Chapter Six

       Chapter Seven

       Chapter Eight

       Chapter Nine

       Chapter Ten

       Chapter Eleven

       Chapter Twelve

       Chapter Thirteen

       Chapter Fourteen

       Chapter Fifteen

       Chapter Sixteen

       Chapter Seventeen

       Chapter Eighteen

       Chapter Nineteen

       Chapter Twenty

       Chapter Twenty-One

       Chapter Twenty-Two

       Chapter Twenty-Three

       Picture Section

       Keep Reading …

       About the Publisher

      

      ey, check out the dog!” a man shouted from somewhere in the crowd. “Maybe it’s here for the race!”

      “Is that right, girl?” another man asked, bending down to scratch her behind the ears. “Are you here to run with us?”

      The dog didn’t know what to make of all this. There were a lot of people, more than she would have expected out here away from town and right on the edge of the desert. Most of them were dressed funny, but they were nice. Many of the runners stopped to pet her, and more than a few gave her scraps of food.

      She was hungry. She was always hungry. She couldn’t remember a time when she hadn’t been hungry. These people seemed to like her, and when she danced around them they fed her. So she danced. And got fed. And everyone was happy.

      Then she saw him. He wasn’t feeding her. He wasn’t laughing or shouting. He wasn’t even standing with most of the other people. He was off to the side, shifting back and forth on his big feet. He was tall and skinny, and dressed all in bright yellow. He looked funny, but he wasn’t smiling.

      The dog didn’t know what to make of this tall man. But she decided that she wanted to find out more about him.

      “Well, hello there,” Dion Leonard muttered, glancing down at the small bundle of sandy-coloured fur bounding around his feet. “Where did you come