as i mentioned in the post for "kermit the hermit". i can't remember how i know this book but i do. the story and the images are familiar i just can't recall how i know it.
the first thing i noticed was the dedication page.
and given the story, this dedication is super sweet! even for an anti-dog person like me.
this is a story about about a dog named scamp. scamp is sad because he feels he is not as special as the horse across the road.
one day while trotting around like a horse, his owner a little boy named orvie called him " a silly ol' dog". this hurt scamp's feelings so he ran away.
he walked into a forest and came across a witch. she knew scamp wanted to be a horse so she helped him out with her magic and turned him into a whingdingdilly!
scamp headed home but scared some pigs so when orvie called out to him, scamp was sure his new look would scare him so scamp hid from orvie.
eventually, scamp went home. he heard that orvie was sad that scamp didn't return home. orvie's day offered to buy him a horse but orvie wanted a dog because they were a better companion. this made scamp happy and a little embarrassed that he was now a whingdingdilly.
the next day, orvie found scamp as the whingdingdilly and scared off scamp. scamp ran away and everyone started to chase him. he went back to the forest to have the witch change him back but she was gone. then the farmers caught up and a man from the palace of wonders came to take the whingdingdilly to be in his show. scamp was miserable. luckily he was up on display, the witch returned and saw that her tulips were ruined! she decided to get her revenge by turning scamp back into a dog!
since now he was only a dog, the man kicked out scamp. scamp then returned home to orvie!!
scamp learned a very important lesson about being happy with who you are and you should not try to be something you are not!
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