Kato & Sooner
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Illustration: Sooner sitting on the hill and Kato resting in the tall grass, looking at each other.

A storybook in the tall grass

Stories, drawings and memories of two good dogs who found each other where the grass goes on and on.

Meet the pair

Chapter one

Meet Kato & Sooner

They never crossed paths on Earth. One was Dad’s dog in Nebraska; the other was adopted from a pound in Oregon. But wherever good dogs go, they found each other.

Chief Explorer & Question Asker

Kato

Kato has never met a hill he didn’t want to see over. He leaps first, asks questions in mid-air, and wags with his whole back half. He left an Oregon pound with a lot of catching up to do, and he has been at it ever since.

  • Curious
  • Sunny
  • Always mid-leap

Field notes

Loves
Tall grass, good sticks, and the words “What’s over there?”
Signature move
The head tilt, followed closely by the leap.
Known for
Trying to point at a rooster. (The rooster won.)
“What’s over there?”
— Kato

Napper, Deadpan Philosopher & Occasional Troublemaker

Sooner

Sooner says as little as possible, and it’s always enough. He belonged to a boy in Nebraska, keeps his dignity in any weather, and tries most things… after a nap.

  • Unhurried
  • Dry-witted
  • Loyal to the bone

Field notes

Loves
Sunny patches, warm stones, and a very good stick.
Signature move
The slow tail sweep.
Known for
Flying, once. He does not discuss his technique.
“I try most things after a nap.”
— Sooner