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Navied Mahdavian

Op-comic: He’s 13 and going gray and somehow still a puppy

By Navied MahdavianGuest contributor 

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A man holds his dog. Sometimes he forgots how old he is because he is so small.
A man leashes his dog. The dog says maybe just a short one today, referring to walking.
The narrator explains they moved to rural Idaho when Stanley was three.
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Most of the time, Stanley just sleeps in the apartment.
The narrator's daughter, Erika, is 6 but used to be smaller than Stanley.
Last year, they tried to teach Stanley tricks to test the old proverb. He learned to shake hands.
The narrator says he doesn't know what a dog's memory is like.
The narrator says Stanley's gray hair is covered by his cream coat. He asks him if he wants to go for a walk.
The narrator says he wonders if Stanley remembers the deer. Stanley walks out into the snow.
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Navied Mahdavian, a cartoonist and writer, is the author of the graphic memoir “This Country: Searching for Home in (Very) Rural America.”

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