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    Santa Dog: The Incredible Adventure of Santa and Denby
    Santa Dog: The Incredible Adventure of Santa and Denby
    Santa Dog: The Incredible Adventure of Santa and Denby
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    Santa Dog: The Incredible Adventure of Santa and Denby

    By G.Z. Sutton

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    When abandoned golden retriever Denby is rescued by Santa on Christmas Eve, he knows he has found the perfect family. But over time, Denby finds himself again and again doing what he has been told not to. Is it magic? Or is he just a bad dog? With the help of a reindeer, some elves, and Santa himself, Denby finds that solving his own mystery could also mean saving Christmas.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherG.Z. Sutton
    Release dateOct 17, 2010
    ISBN9781452425825
    Santa Dog: The Incredible Adventure of Santa and Denby
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    G.Z. Sutton

    G.Z. (Garrett) Sutton serves on the boards of the American Baseball Foundation, located in Birmingham, Alabama, and the Nevada-based Sierra Kids Foundation. Santa Dog: The Incredible Adventures of Santa and Denby is G.Z. Sutton's first children's book.G.Z. Sutton is an author, speaker and a member of an elite group of Rich Dad(tm) advisors hand-selected by Robert Kiyosaki (best-selling author of the famed Rich Dad, Poor Dad series). You'll find his investment books under the name, Garrrett Sutton. As an advisor for Robert Kiyosaki, Garrett Sutton has authored Own Your Own Corporation, How to Buy & Sell a Business, and co-authored Real Estate Loopholes. These titles are included in the Rich Dad, Poor Dad wealth-building book series.

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      Book preview

      Santa Dog - G.Z. Sutton

      Santa Dog:

      The Incredible Adventures of Santa and Denby

      G.Z. Sutton

      When abandoned golden retriever Denby is rescued by Santa in the Nevada desert on Christmas Eve, he knows he has found the perfect family. But over the months between one Christmas and the next, Denby finds himself again and again doing what he has been told not to. Is it magic? Are his actions somehow tied to the injury he had when Santa found him? Or is he just a bad dog? With the help of a reindeer, some elves, and Santa himself, Denby finds that solving his own mystery could also mean saving Christmas.

      A Lucky Bat Book

      Santa Dog:

      The Incredible Adventures of Santa and Denby

      Copyright 2010, 2011, 2013 by Garrett Sutton

      All rights reserved

      Cover Art by Wolfgang Price and Jessie Hilgenberg

      Interior Illustrations by Wolfgang Price

      Published in the United States by Lucky Bat Books

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      Smashwords Edition, License Notes

      This e-book is licensed for your personal enjoyment only. This e-book may not be resold or given away to other people. If you would like to share this book with other people, please purchase additional copies. If you’re reading this book and did not purchase it, or it was not purchased for your use only, then please purchase your own copy. Thank you for respecting the hard work of this author.

      To 9-year-old Joseph Geddes for his input.

      To Joseph’s mom, Cindie, for all her help.

      To the ASPCA for looking out for the Denbys of the world when Santa can’t.

      Chapter One

      Denby was cold and very hungry. In his two years of life, he’d never been so hungry – or so cold. Even his thick golden retriever fur wasn’t able to keep the cold out. Denby also felt confused. He didn’t understand why he’d been left alone in the back yard.

      His master had cleared out a bunch of stuff from the garage and the house, thrown them in the old white station wagon, and driven away with the boy who had been Denby’s best pal. The man left behind furniture, appliances and memories.

      And Denby.

      After three long days waiting for his master and the boy to return, Denby knew. They would not be coming back. He had always been a good dog, and they had seemed to like him. He tried to understand why his people would do this, but he couldn’t. He hadn’t jumped on them, bitten them, or chewed their things. He didn’t bark much either. Why had they left him behind? The empty feeling in his heart echoed the empty feeling in his stomach. Driven by the hunger pains in his belly, he jumped over the garden fence and began searching for food. He loped along, not used to going down streets without a leash, and he passed For Sale signs posted on the yellowed grass in front of some of the homes. They looked sad and empty, just like his own house.

      Denby had never gone further than the ten blocks of Dolores Park in San Francisco’s bustling Mission District. Now, unleashed, he roamed freely, going wherever his nose took him. He found out that the merchants on Castro Street were happy to give him treats. They told him how handsome he was and petted his head, but they didn’t let him stay. It didn’t matter how well behaved he was, they always sent him on his way. They were gentle, but firm, and Denby knew that they would never take him in.

      Denby kept wandering. Soon, he found himself in downtown San Francisco, in an area of tall buildings, men in stiff dark suits, women in tall shoes, and very few dogs. There were no treats here, no one to stroke his fur and call him good boy.

      After a time, Denby noticed that a large white van was following him. The station wagon that his master and boy had left in had been white. Maybe the man driving this van knew where they’d gone. Denby stopped and looked at the van, hope filling his chest with its warmth. He wagged his tail cautiously.

      The driver of the van approached Denby, making clicking sounds with his tongue and said, C’mere, dog. Then someone else grabbed Denby. This someone had big rough hands and he pulled Denby’s fur hard enough that it hurt. Denby yelped as the man yelled, Got him! The man quickly slipped a loop of plastic around Denby’s neck, pulled it tight and shoved him

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