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He considered looking up "abandonment," but he wasn't so sure he wanted
Richard
back. What he wanted was a new companion, someone who wouldn't leave him for
an
eastern religion. What he wanted was not to be lonely anymore.

Yes, of course! He eagerly flipped through the L's, looking -- for the last
time
in his life -- for "loneliness."

It wasn't there, of course.

He heard a soft noise from the other side of the house. A sigh? Good God, had
the mysterious dictionary actually created a companion for him already?
Without
his even having to go out? He stood up from his drafting table and walked
hesitantly down the hallway into the living room, at once hopeful and afraid
of
what he might find, but his trepidation melted away when he saw the soft,
fuzzy
golden labrador puppy.

Hmm. Not exactly what he'd been expecting but when the puppy tilted its head
sideways and blinked at him with its big round eyes, he couldn't help smiling.
He hefted the dictionary in his hand, then laid it down on the coffee table.
Plenty of time for fine-tuning later.

But by the time the puppy had messed on the carpet and chewed up his shoes, it
had already eaten the dictionary.