A snap of my dad's old dog, Smokey, running down a 1930s Buffalo street, back before leash laws. As I recount in The Secret of Math below, Smokey could say "I want one!" according to my father. When I told my kindergarten teacher that maybe some animals could talk, specifically Smokey, I was laughed out of class by her and my classmates. This led me to question some of my father's other claims, for instance, that the secret of math was "a sharp pencil." Now, a YouTube video has shaken me to the core. A dog that can say "I love you" as clear as day, here. And there are countless other posts of talking dogs.
My father was telling the truth after all. So the secret of math is a sharp pencil? My hair was too long? Dad, I'm sorry I ever doubted you. Happy Father's Day to the World's Greatest Dad.
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