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EDINBURGH’S GREYFRIARS BOBBY

| BY SHARON WHITLEY LARSEN |

here are you taking me?" I whined to my husband Carl, as I limped behind
him.

Normally I'm not a whiner when I travel, but a month-old sprained ankle
did not fare well on this historic, cosmopolitan city's steep, cobblestone
streets and, after a long day of walking, I was feeling the pain with each
"Wstep.

"I'm going to show you a dog's grave!" Carl shouted to me in the cool air. "Come on! You'll really like it!"

Of course, I thought he had lost it. Perhaps he'd had too much whisky or the cholesterol-inducing
haggis and mash, which had constricted the blood flow to the brain, affecting his thinking.

But gradually, as I limped along, trying to keep up with him, Carl told me the charming, century-old
story of Greyfriars Bobby, which has touched the hearts of millions of children around the world, ages
3 to 103. Bobby has been the subject of several books, as well as a 1961 Disney movie.

78 Wine Dine & Travel Summer/Fall 2015