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  4. From: dpm1960@tm0006.lerc.nasa.gov (snopes)
  5. Subject: Re: The hell with Lemurs,
  6. Message-ID: <16NOV199213412411@tm0006.lerc.nasa.gov>
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  11. References: <1992Nov13.185221.19455@igor.tamri.com> <1992Nov13.203158.17231@hpcvaac.cv.hp.com> <1992Nov16.111939.17497@husc3.harvard.edu>
  12. Date: 16 Nov 1992 13:41 EST  
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  15. In article <1992Nov16.111939.17497@husc3.harvard.edu>, 
  16.   joltes@husc10.harvard.edu (Richard Joltes) writes...
  17.  
  18. >I can't recall the movie's ending (although it was a Disney flick, so they
  19. >may well have sanitized it by removing the nasty bits) but the book ended with
  20. >Travis shooting Yeller in the corncrib because the dog had "hydrophobia" (aka
  21. >rabies) from his contact with the "big old loafer Wolf."  However, the stranger
  22. >from earlier in the book (who gave Yeller to the family in exchange for dinner)
  23. >came back and gave them a new puppy to fill the void.
  24.  
  25. No, that's the way it has always ended.  Except the owner doesn't come back
  26. to give them a new puppy -- Old Yeller had impregnated a neighbor's dog before
  27. dying, and they end up with a whole litter of new yellers.
  28.  
  29.  - snopes
  30.  
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