{"id":643,"date":"2008-10-07T22:49:29","date_gmt":"2008-10-08T02:49:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/catchingfireflies.com\/blog\/?p=643"},"modified":"2011-10-02T10:19:00","modified_gmt":"2011-10-02T14:19:00","slug":"dewey-the-libra","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.catchingfirefliesgifts.com\/blog\/2008\/10\/dewey-the-libra\/","title":{"rendered":"dewey the library cat"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/catchingfireflies.typepad.com\/photos\/uncategorized\/2008\/10\/07\/dewey.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"image-full\" title=\"Dewey\" alt=\"Dewey\" src=\"http:\/\/catchingfireflies.typepad.com\/photos\/uncategorized\/2008\/10\/07\/dewey.jpg\" border=\"0\" style=\"FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 5px 5px 0px\" \/><\/a>Hearing a <a href=\"http:\/\/spencerlibrary.com\/deweybio.htm\">story like this<\/a> is just one of the many reasons why I&#8217;m proud that catching fireflies <a href=\"http:\/\/catchingfireflies.typepad.com\/catching_fireflies\/2008\/10\/2008-humane-soc.html\">supports our local humane society<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>I first heard about Dewey on one of my favorite shows, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/stories\/1998\/07\/09\/sunday\/main13562.shtml\">CBS Sunday Morning<\/a> and couldn&#8217;t help to think of our very own Berkley store cat, Piper.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/catchingfireflies.typepad.com\/photos\/uncategorized\/2008\/10\/07\/piper.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"image-full\" title=\"Piper\" alt=\"Piper\" src=\"http:\/\/catchingfireflies.typepad.com\/photos\/uncategorized\/2008\/10\/07\/piper.jpg\" border=\"0\" style=\"FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 5px 5px 0px\" \/><\/a> <\/p>\n<p>It sounds like Piper has many <a href=\"http:\/\/spencerlibrary.com\/deweypics.htm\">similar &#8216;duties&#8217; as Dewey<\/a>&#8230; the most important job being to remind us not to take life <em>too<\/em> seriously.<\/p>\n<p><embed src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/XZ2l9W3r_qM&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1\" width=\"425\" height=\"344\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" allowfullscreen=\"true\"><\/embed><\/p>\n<p>I love how one animal can touch the lives of so many people and now there is even a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Dewey-Small-Town-Library-Touched-World\/dp\/0446407410\/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;s=books&amp;qid=1223432505&amp;sr=1-1\">book sharing Dewey&#8217;s simple story<\/a> that left a big mark on lots of hearts.<\/p>\n<div id=\"flaresmith\" class=\"feedflare\"><script src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~s\/http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/catchingfireflies\/TyNo?i=http:\/\/www.catchingfirefliesgifts.com\/blog\/2008\/10\/dewey-the-libra\/\" type=\"text\/javascript\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div><div class=\"linkwithin_hook\" id=\"http:\/\/www.catchingfirefliesgifts.com\/blog\/2008\/10\/dewey-the-libra\/\"><\/div><script>\n<!-- \/\/LinkWithinCodeStart\nvar linkwithin_site_id = 944859;\nvar linkwithin_div_class = \"linkwithin_hook\";\n\/\/LinkWithinCodeEnd -->\n<\/script>\n<script src=\"http:\/\/www.linkwithin.com\/widget.js\"><\/script>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.linkwithin.com\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.linkwithin.com\/pixel.png\" alt=\"Related Posts Plugin for WordPress, Blogger...\" style=\"border: 0\" \/><\/a>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hearing a story like this is just one of the many reasons why I&#8217;m proud that catching fireflies supports our local humane society. 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