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Basenji: "Lady", from the book: Goodbye, My Lady (1954)

Good-bye, My Lady is a novel by James H. Street about a boy and his Basenji dog. It was published in 1954 and made into a movie in 1958. Due to its popularity, it was reprinted in 1978. Skeeter is a little orphaned boy, who adopts a lost dog called "Lady". A friend hears from a traveling salesman that a kennel in Connecticut lost a Basenji. The description of the lost dog, named "Isis of the Blue Nile", matches that of "Lady"...





When "Lady" responds to the name "Isis", Skeeter knows he has lost his beloved Basenji, and with immense sorrow, decides to return her to her rightful owner. A wire is sent to the kennel, and the owner flies down from Connecticut to take possession of Lady. Sadly , Skeeter has to give up "Lady". However, he gains a new sense of maturity for the world, and is happy with the $100 reward he got for returning her to her rightful owner.

Interestingly enough, the Basenji is the only dog that cannot bark! It rather yodels in a strange way and lacks those functions that enable it to bark like other dogs.It is one of the few dogs that originate from Africa.