Love and Moondogs

BY RICHARD MCKENNA

"The true dog, madame, was
originally the golden jackal
,
Canis aureus.... He must love
and be loved, or he dies.
"

[Transcriber's Note: This etext was produced from
Worlds of If Science Fiction, February 1959.
Extensive research did not uncover any evidence that
the U.S. copyright on this publication was renewed.]


The headline on the newspapers stacked in front of the drugstore read "RUSS DOG REACHES MOON ALIVE." A man in a leather jacket stopped to scan it.