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1 Sterling North and His Four-Legged Pal When Sterling North was 11 years old he had no idea that his adventures with a most unusual pet would someday make him famous Sterling grew up in the small town of Edgerton Wisconsin in the early 1900s Many kids in Edgerton had pet dogs or cats Some had pet goldfish or birds like canaries But Sterling’s pet was different Sterling’s pet did not come from a pet store His name was Rascal and he was a furry ring-tailed raccoon Sterling plucked Rascal from a burrow in the ground after 1 Sterling North at 10 years old I S E V H C R A H T R O N E H T F O Y S E T R U O C
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Sterling North and the Story of Rascal Sterling’s book Rascal A Memoir of a Better Era It was published in 1963 The book became so popular that Walt Disney Productions made it into a movie Before long Sterling’s lovable pet Rascal won his way into the hearts of people young and old all over the world 3
