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Read and Enjoy S E L • Empathy

• Responsibility
Pets in different parts of the world have shown remarkable abilities
time and again. Sometimes, they have become famous and even made

headlines!

Pet shows are often held and have huge participation. Pet owners are
accompanied by their pets. These pets demonstrate great skills for

which they win awards and trophies, too. Let us read about a pet show
that was so special in its own way.

Dheerpur was a small island town, accompanied went with someone as a

away from any village or city on the companion or escort
mainland. But some people travelled demonstrate show

to other places for work. Most of engaged worked
the inhabitants worked in fields and self-sufficient needing no outside help

grew crops. Some were engaged in to meet one’s basic needs like food, etc.
schools, hospitals, shops and so on. unique one of its kind

The town was self-sufficient. The households houses and their occupants
people were a happy lot. But one fact regarded as units

that made the place unique was that annual occurring once every year
almost all the households had pets. hoardings large boards in public places,
used to display advertisements
An annual event called Grand Pet
Show was held with much fanfare. Every year, big hoardings would be

put up to inform the people about
the upcoming event. People would

start grooming and training their
pets: dogs, cats, goats, horses,

ponies, rabbits and some even
had squirrels. A panel of judges

on the stage would judge the show
every year.

On the big day, this year too,
people had gathered in large

numbers, most of them with their

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