Santa Clawed

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Mom and Dad always told me to work with the best. I do. Therefore, this book is dedicated to my editor, Danielle Perez.

Acknowledgments

Surround yourselves with good people. Every day John Morris Sr. and John Morris Jr. (Toot), along with Robert Steppe, come to work on the farm. They are a joy. Dana Flaherty, professional whipper-in, also manages the farm, and she frees me from many of the small burdens so I can concentrate on the larger. The hunt club members (we don’t kill foxes so don’t get your knickers in a knot) are the best people I know, and they carry me along.

But in many ways the deepest acknowledgments must go to my cats, dogs, horses, and hounds, for I connect often more intensely with these friends than I do with most humans. Perhaps I know their language better, who is to say? If there aren’t cats, dogs, horses, hounds, and, of course, foxes, in heaven, I’m not going. Then again, I might not be going anyway. Curious, isn’t it, that even in the afterlife humans have created an uptown and a downtown?

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