Extracts from The Diggiest Dog/"The Digging-est Dog" (who "was having so much fun!" and "dug up Highway 81") by Al Perkins illustrated by Eric Gurney (1967)

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Extracts from The Diggiest Dog/"The Digging-est Dog" (who "was having so much fun!" and "dug up Highway 81") by Al Perkins illustrated by Eric Gurney (1967)

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Amazon.com: Books: The Digging-Est Dog by Al. Perkins, Eric Gurney (Illustrator) : http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0394800478?v=glance

TeacherView by Al Perkins : http://www.eduplace.com/tview/pages/d/The_Digging-est_Dog_Al_Perkins.html

Book 1/ The digging-est dog by Al. Perkins, Eric Gurney (Illustrator) : http://www.whatihaveread.net/biblio/book_0001.html

Book-A-Minute Bedtime: The Digging-est Dog by Al. Perkins, Eric Gurney (Illustrator) (Ultra-Condensed by Samuel Stoddard) : http://rinkworks.com/bookaminute/b/perkins.dig.shtml

Once there was a dog who couldn't dig, but then he learned to dig, and he dug up things he shouldn't, so he got scolded, almost drowned, and dug everything back the way it was. THE END

The Digging-Est Dog by Al. Perkins, Eric Gurney (Illustrator) : http://hallcomics.com/humor/1322.shtml

Extracts from The Diggiest Dog/"The Digging-est Dog" by Al Perkins illustrated by Eric Gurney (1967), Page 3
I was the saddest dog you could ever see,
Sad because no one wanted me.
The pet shop window was my jail.
The sign behind me said, "For Sale."

Extracts from The Diggiest Dog/"The Digging-est Dog" by Al Perkins illustrated by Eric Gurney (1967), Page 12
Next morning, while Sam did his chores.
He let me run and play outdoors.
I'd never played ourdoors before.
I'd always lived on that hard floor.
I'd never run on nice soft ground.
Now I barked with joy as I ran around.

Extracts from The Diggiest Dog/"The Digging-est Dog" by Al Perkins illustrated by Eric Gurney (1967), Page 19
One dog, who wasn't very big,
Suddenly began to dig.
The others started digging too.
But that was something I could not do.
I'd never learned to dig in that store.
How could I, on that hard stone floor?

Extracts from The Diggiest Dog/"The Digging-est Dog" by Al Perkins illustrated by Eric Gurney (1967), Page 20
I tried to dig, but alas, I couldn't.
I wiggled by paws. My paws just wouldn't.
I fell on my ear. I fell on my face.
I fell on myself all over the place.

Extracts from The Diggiest Dog/"The Digging-est Dog" by Al Perkins illustrated by Eric Gurney (1967), Page 40-41
I dug my way right through the town.
I dug a lot of buildings down.
I was having so much fun!
I dug up Highway Eighty-One

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