The Village Library

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FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 525 ><NOBR><div> <IMG SRC="cbeeef40.jpg" border=0 width="750" height="500" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Original black and white photo of the bookcases courtesy of the Internet.</div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <bR> <div> <TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" WIDTH="490" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 73 ><NOBR><div> <B>It's Tail-Telling Time in Thisildo Realm!</B></div> <bR> <div> Click on any title or picture to read the tail.</div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <div> <IMG SRC="0e690100.png" border=0 width="400" height="16" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> <TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="2" WIDTH="528" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 325 WIDTH="296"><div>  </div> <bR> <bR> <div> <A HREF="id61.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="My First Walk With A Dog"><U>My First Walk With A Dog</U></A></div> <bR> <bR> <div> Take the dog for a walk?</div> <bR> <div> Sure, I can do that!</div> <bR> <div> How hard can it be?! </div> <bR> <div> he he he</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> <A HREF="id61.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="My First Walk With A Dog"><U><IMG SRC="122cf3c0.jpg" border=0 width="207" height="316" ALT="Buffy on one of the many fire trails" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <div> <IMG SRC="0e690100.png" border=0 width="400" height="16" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> <TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="2" WIDTH="600" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 199 ><NOBR><div> <A HREF="id62.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Billies Home!"><U><IMG SRC="95e1dbe0.jpg" border=0 width="285" height="190" ALT="Billie's Home!" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="296"><bR> <div> <A HREF="id62.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Billies Home!"><U>Billie's Home!</U></A></div> <bR> <div> She'd been gone for 37 days, it was one in the morning. In the quiet of the night a solitary bark was heard.</div> </tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <div> <IMG SRC="0e690100.png" border=0 width="400" height="16" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> <TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="2" WIDTH="586" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 200 WIDTH="296"><bR> <bR> <div> <A HREF="id63.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Gizmos Adventure Weekend"><U><B>Gizmo's Adventure Weekend</B></U></A></div> <bR> <div> A mild April afternoon turns into a heart-stopping adventure for this little purrbie.</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> <A HREF="id63.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Gizmos Adventure Weekend"><U><IMG SRC="1ca10bf0.jpg" border=0 width="272" height="191" ALT="Gizmo" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <div> <IMG SRC="0e690100.png" border=0 width="400" height="16" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> <TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="2" WIDTH="556" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 194 ><NOBR><div> <A HREF="id64.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Midnight Screams"><U><IMG SRC="1cbeeb90.jpg" border=0 width="238" height="185" ALT="Spider Web" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="296"><bR> <div> <A HREF="id64.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Midnight Screams"><U>Midnight Screams</U></A></div> <div> (was The Woman Screaming in the Woods at Midnight)</div> <div>  </div> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> So... you think your imagination can't go wild, huh?</div> </tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <div> <IMG SRC="0e690100.png" border=0 width="400" height="16" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> <TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="2" WIDTH="623" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 223 WIDTH="296"><bR> <bR> <bR> <div> <U>Temper, Temper</U></div> <bR> <div> Losing one's temper can really be embarrassing!</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> <A HREF="id95.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Temper, Temper"><U><IMG SRC="15e35d60.jpg" border=0 width="309" height="214" ALT="Misty" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <div> <IMG SRC="0e690100.png" border=0 width="400" height="16" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> <TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="2" WIDTH="590" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 198 ><NOBR><div> <IMG SRC="96013bd0.jpg" border=0 width="275" height="189" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="296"><bR> <div> <A HREF="id135.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="December Storm"><U>D</U></A><A HREF="id135.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="December Storm"><U>ecember Storm</U></A></div> <bR> <div> It's snowing! </div> <div> The fur kids want to play. </div> <div> Why not let them romp free of tethers?</div> <div> Seemed like a good idea, right?</div> <bR> </tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <div> <IMG SRC="0e690100.png" border=0 width="400" height="16" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> <TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="2" WIDTH="583" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 330 WIDTH="246"><div>  </div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="id251.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="The SnowGal"><U>The SnowGal</U></A></div> <bR> <div> Yet another snow fall in the land that "rarely has snow" inspires the building of a snow gal.</div> <bR> <div> It's not so much the building that's fun (although it was!) - it's the reactions of the fur kids that makes this adventure such fun!</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> <A HREF="id251.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="The SnowGal"><U><IMG SRC="b4538440.jpg" border=0 width="312" height="324" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <div> <TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="2" WIDTH="654" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 124 WIDTH="646"><div> <IMG SRC="0e690100.png" border=0 width="400" height="16" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">  </div> <div> There's a wonderful addition to The Realm Library and we're so excited about it! Ms. Dolores Stroupe has graciously granted us permission to reprint her wonderful stories! Please be sure to stop by </div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="id193.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Table of Contents"><U><B>Dolores Stroupe's Reading Room</B></U></A></div> </tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="id279.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Carolina Cross Connection"><U><IMG SRC="c93f1a60.jpg" border=0 width="241" height="166" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A></div> </td> </tr></table></body>