Raisin, my Pekingese, snorts; the spray from his mouth and nose lands on the tips of his whiskers like raindrops on the tips of pine needles. 

 
Raisin, my Pekingese, snorts; the spray from his mouth and nose lands on the tips of his whiskers like raindrops on the tips of pine needles. 

I think of gorilla noses when I look at Raisin. He's a much bigger dog in my imagination than in real life. The bridge of his nose is a flattened 2 inches across and he is King-Kong.
 


snot...
delicate...
sweet...
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