5 Sanctity No Elder than a Boy Many a lover of man’s best friend has hoped to find a shaggy welcome in heaven, as if the old fellow would wag his tail to say, “It’s you! I’m glad you made it. I wasn’t sure.” But what about a dog sent from heaven? A big gray scruffy wolf of a dog, who appears out of nowhere when you’re in trouble, and when you look around after the thieves or killers have run away, he’s gone? Saint John Bosco had that dog, or the dog had him. It’s hard to tell which. I’ll tell about the dog because I’m telling about the boy that John Bosco was. There are two kinds of people who should never teach boys: people who don’t like boys or know what they are, and people who do not like men or know what they are. John Bosco was the greatest teacher of boys the modern world has seen, and that was partly because he remained a boy all his life long. More than one kind of beast John Bosco was only a small boy when, one night, he dreamed he was being pursued by ferocious animals, but while he was running away, a woman’s voice told him instead to bring those animals into pasture. So he did, and they became a flock of gentle sheep. John took the dream to heart, and when
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