Another excellent Morpurgo children's story. It's the tale of a greyhound pup rescued from drowning by a young boy. By Morpurgo's standards (but not Hollywood's!), the narrative is a tad schmalzy. But he has a wonderful gift of portraying the happiness and sadness of life as complementary elements, the one never far from the other.

This came from a BookCrossing and Live Journaling friend who knows of my obsession with greyhounds. His enclosed note said he thought I might wind up marking it PC. Mike knows me well.