The Shaggy DogA Massachusetts Tall

The Shaggy Dog

A Massachusetts Tall Tale

retold by

S. E. Schlosser

There once was a woman traveling home from England who lost her pooch somewhere between Salem and Springfield. He was just about the shaggiest dog in the entire world; so shaggy you couldn't tell which end was which until his tail started wagging. The woman was completely distraught. She loved the dog like it was her own son, so she advertised in all the local newspapers, hoping to find him. The advertisement read: "Missing, extremely shaggy dog. Reward. Will pay all travel expenses of finder." Then it listed her home address.

It didn't take long for people to start climbing her front steps with a shaggy dog in tow. The woman would answer the door eagerly and step out onto the porch to survey the dog. Each and every time she would shake her head sadly and say: "Not shaggy enough. He's just not shaggy enough." Folks came from the East, but their dogs weren't shaggy enough. They came from the West, but their dogs weren't shaggy enough. The ones from the South weren't shaggy enough either, and neither were the ones from the North.

The woman was about to give up in despair when she received a letter from a chap in England. Claimed to have found a shaggy dog stowed away on his ship when he was traveling from Salem, Massachusetts to Liverpool, England. The woman was so excited. Could it be her shaggy dog at last? He'd gone missing just after she left Salem! After writing back and forth with the English chap a few times, she paid the ship fare to America for both the man and his shaggy dog.

Well, the woman waited and waited and waited! Oh how she longed for the big day to arrive. Finally, (finally!), she heard a crisp voice outside the house and the sound of footsteps coming up the front walkway. She sprang to the door, opened it, and burst out onto the porch. Then she staggered backward and clapped a hand to her heart, staring at the huge hairy ball on the leash beside the Englishman. In despair, she cried out: "Oh no! Not THAT shaggy!

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die ruig hond
'n Massachusetts lang verhaal
oorvertel deur
s. e. Schlosser
Daar was eens 'n vrou die huis reis van Engeland wat haar pooch iewers tussen Salem en Springfield verloor. Hy was net oor die shaggiest hond in die hele wêreld, so ruig jy kan nie sê wat einde was wat tot sy stert begin swaai. die vrou was heeltemal verbysterd. sy is lief vir die hond soos dit was haar eie seun.sodat sy geadverteer in al die plaaslike koerante, met die hoop om hom te vind. die advertensie lees: ".. ontbreek, baie ruig hond beloon sal al reiskoste van finder betaal.". dan is dit gelys haar huisadres
dit het nie lank neem vir die mense om te begin klim haar voor stappe met 'n ruig hond in sleep.. die vrou sou die deur gretig beantwoord en stap uit op die stoep van die hond te ondersoek.elke keer wat sy haar kop skud en ongelukkig sê: "nie genoeg ruig hy is net nie genoeg ruig.".. mense het van die ooste, maar hul honde was nie genoeg ruig. hulle het uit die Weste, maar hul honde was nie genoeg ruig. die kinders van die suide is nie ruig genoeg nie, en ook nie was die kinders uit die noorde.
.die vrou was om te gee in wanhoop toe sy 'n brief van 'n ou in Engeland. beweer gevind het 'n ruig hond geberg weg op sy skip toe hy op pad was van Salem, Massachusetts na Liverpool, Engeland. die vrou was so opgewonde. kan dit wees om haar harige hond op die laaste? hy vermis geraak het net nadat sy Salem! na die skryf van heen en weer met die Engelse kêrel 'n paar keer.sy betaal die skip vaar na Amerika vir beide die man en sy ruig hond.
Wel, die vrou gewag en gewag en gewag! Ag, hoe verlang sy vir die groot dag te kom. Ten slotte, (finally!), sy het 'n helder stem buite die huis en die geluid van voetstappe kom voor loopvlak. Sy het opgespring om die deur, maak dit oop en bars uit op die stoep.Toe het sy steier agteruit en geklap 'n hand na haar hart, staar na die groot harige bal op die lyn langs die Engelsman. in wanhoop, roep sy uit: "O nee nie dat ruig!