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<\/a><\/p>\nWe meet young Paul, a little boy who lives with his beloved parents, his sister Marie, and a dog he adores \u2014 \u201can odd-looking, little orange dog\u201d with whom Paul goes everywhere, plays constantly, and even has conversations.<\/p>\n
But the oddest thing about the little orange dog is that is that only Paul can see it.<\/p>\n One day, the Gauguins depart for Peru, and Paul\u2019s imaginary companion boards the ship with the rest of the family. The other passengers find the bond between the boy and his invisible friend endearing \u2014 a testament not to his strangeness but to his boundless imagination.<\/p>\n It is a joyous journey, until Paul finds his mother in tears one afternoon.<\/p>\n She told Paul and his sister that their daddy had been carried away.<\/p>\n \u201cHow?\u201d the children cried.<\/p>\n \u201cIt was his heart,\u201d Mrs. Gauguin answered.<\/p>\n Marie threw herself, wailing, into her mother\u2019s arms. Paul said nothing. He didn\u2019t understand what it all meant. He didn\u2019t see how being carried away by one\u2019s heart could be such a tragedy.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n