title: Wagging Tales: Every Animal Has a Tale
author:  Tim Link 
description: Animals never cease to amaze me! Whether it is their impressive strength, adaptability to new circumstances, social skills or their ability to communicatethey continue to re-define the term 'animal'. Perhaps what we don't know about animals will be the most incredible finding yet! Tim Link's accounts in Wagging Tales will make you start thinking]] -- Jack Hanna "Host, TV's "Into the Wild""
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  # The Black Poodle and Other Tales
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  ### F. Anstey
  
  
  This page formatted 2005 Munsey's.
  
  
  http://www.munseys.com
  
  PREFACE.
  
  
  The Black Poodle
  
  
  The Story of a Sugar Prince
  
  
  The Return of Agamemnon
  
  
  The Wraith of Barnjum
  
  
  A Toy Tragedy
  
  
  An Undergraduate's Aunt
  
  
  The Siren
  
  
  The Curse of the Catafalques
  
  
  A Farewell Appearance
  
  
  Accompanied on the Flute
  
  
  
  
  
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  EText from horrormasters.com
  
  
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  ### PREFACE.
  
  
  
  
  
    
  The Author begs to state that the stories which are collected in this
  
  
  volume made their first appearance in 'Belgravia,' the 'Cornhill
  
  
  Magazine,' the 'Graphic,' 'Longman's Magazine,' 'Mirth,' and 'Temple
  
  
  Bar,' respectively, and he takes this oppor­tunity of expressing his
  
  
  thanks to those Editors to whose courtesy he is indebted for permission
  
  
  to re­print them.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  ### The Black Poodle
  
  
  
  
  
    
  
  
    
  
  
    
  I have set myself the task of relating in the course of this story,
  
  
  without s