John gazed at the map, as if he were dreaming. And someday I would like to be an animal doctor. That's what we call them. Faithful really likes you. And once, long ago, I helped an ancestor of his when he was hurt.
Dogs remember things like that.
He pointed to another word on the map. The big scoop at the top of the page, they decided, had to be the Big Dipper with the North Star just past the end. To be secret, we call it the Drinking Gourd. Runaways always follow the star north. Suddenly, there was a knock on the door.