As our beagle loves to hunt,
someone opens the back door for her. Though
she is so sweet, some people are afraid of her. She barrels down porch steps
into the yard, and runs back and forth across the lawn in ecstasy. Her nose
cruises the wet grass. These are smells of cats, of rabbits, but other
presences too subtle for human detection. After she sniffs, she spins her tail
in quick circles. It spins clockwise first, then counterclockwise. These two
activities that are sniffing and spinning seem to propel her along.
The Government Printing Office
in Washington D.C. is a source of much useful information. However, few people
know about it. It is the official publishing house fort he federal government.
The GPO publishes pamphlets and books on a vast number of subjects. These
subjects range from the dangers of X-rays from home TV sets to the identification
of mushrooms. About 27,000 publications that many of them are inexpensive are
offered through the Superintendent of Documents. There is no charge at all for
some.
