"I did not want a pup, and it was quite by accident that I happened to be with a friend when the litter of seven was decanted from a very filthy basket for her inspection. Pincha was the smallest and the thinnest of the litter, and it was quite evident he had reached the last ditch in his fight for survival. Leaving his little less miserable brothers and sisters, he walked once round me, and then curled himself up between my big feet. When I picked him up and put him inside my coat -- it was a bitterly cold morning -- he tried to show his gratitude by licking my face, and I tried to show him I was not aware of his appalling stench.
He was rising three months then, and I bought him for fifteen rupees. He is rising thirteen years now, and all the gold in India would not buy him." – Jim Corbett, Man-Eaters of Kumaon, “Robin”
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"When I had satisfied Robin that he was not to blame for our temporary separation, and his small body had stopped trembling, I put him down and together we walked up to where the leopard, who had put up such a game fight, and had so nearly won the last round, was lying dead.
I have told you the story, and while I have been telling it, Robin -- the biggest-hearted and the most faithful friend man ever had -- has gone to the Happy Hunting Grounds, where I know I shall find him waiting for me." – Jim Corbett, Man-Eaters of Kumaon, “Robin”
He was rising three months then, and I bought him for fifteen rupees. He is rising thirteen years now, and all the gold in India would not buy him." – Jim Corbett, Man-Eaters of Kumaon, “Robin”
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"When I had satisfied Robin that he was not to blame for our temporary separation, and his small body had stopped trembling, I put him down and together we walked up to where the leopard, who had put up such a game fight, and had so nearly won the last round, was lying dead.
I have told you the story, and while I have been telling it, Robin -- the biggest-hearted and the most faithful friend man ever had -- has gone to the Happy Hunting Grounds, where I know I shall find him waiting for me." – Jim Corbett, Man-Eaters of Kumaon, “Robin”
