Cool Things Happen in Real Life. Who Knew?

The first dog mentioned in this book is Cookie and her claim to fame is saving Gary Paulsen from drowning when he fell through the ice. At a sponsor meeting, Paulsen told the story of Cookie and how much he loved her. After the meeting, a man came up to him telling Paulsen all about this wonderful dog he used to have that reminded him of Cookie. The old man described this adorable lab who loved to hunt. Coincidentally, the time period described by when the owner was at war and left the dog to roam was the same time that Paulsen had befriended a dog named Ike who love to hunt, and guess what. He was a lab. It turned out the stray that Paulsen had befriended was in fact the old man's dog. Crazy huh? I expect events like this in fiction books but not non-fiction. Maybe cool things can happen in real life.