I lick myself in the presence of company. This love.”īob’s voice is choppy and conversational: “I harass innocent squirrels. “It’s exhausting, all this responsibility, this worry. The cynical pup is soon hurled into a crisis that will involve quick thinking, courage, and persistence to help those he can’t seem to help caring about. Bob is the only one that survived, but there might have been one more, if Bob had only summoned the courage to save her.Īs the story begins, a hurricane is threatening his Florida habitat (and of course Ivan’s, and Ruby’s, and his human Julia’s as well). Such as being packed up with his siblings in a box and hurled from a bridge. As for Bob, he’s happy in a new home with a safe place and reliable meals-meaning, with humans who aren’t so bad. He has his painting supplies and Ruby has her wordplay. Some, like Kimu the wolf, don’t do well with limits, but Ivan is philosophical as always. Ivan and Ruby the baby elephant now live in a spacious animal preserve where they can congregate with others of their species and roam at will-within limits. Life has improved for Bob, as it has for his friends frm the Exit 8 Big Top Mall and Video Arcade. Readers of The One and Only Ivanwill remember Bob, the stray pooch who met Ivan by waking up on the 400-lb silverback gorilla’s stomach.
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