記得狼狗跟我後來很親，我出門都要跟著我，去文具店買東西，他會在外頭乖乖等我，甚至我早上上學騎到學校，他都要一路跟著我，我趕他回去不准他進學校（進去肯定嚇鼠人），狠下心來轉身騎進去車棚不理他，放學後回到家時看到他已經在家門口等我！真是好聰明又好乖！不過後來短短一陣子就不知被安排到哪裡去了，突然很懷念那段時光！
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eatrix Potter featured one dog prominently in her stories: Kep, a rough collie who appears in The Tale of Jemima Puddle-duck. She also owned other dogs, including a spaniel named Spot and two Pekinese dogs, Tzusee and Chuleh.
Here's a more detailed breakdown:
Kep:
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Long before children fell in love with the world of Peter Rabbit, Beatrix Potter was kneeling in the woods with a sketchbook and microscope—documenting mushrooms.
Not for fun. For science.
A self-taught naturalist, Potter was fascinated by fungi. She spent years collecting specimens, observing them with a steady hand and an artist’s eye. While male scientists overlooked their subtle forms and fleeting colors, Potter captured them in hundreds of illustrations so accurate, they’re still used by mycologists today.
She wasn’t just drawing—she was thinking.
Potter developed her own theories about how fungi reproduce, studying spore germination under her microscope. In 1897, she submitted a paper to the Linnean Society of London, one of the most respected scientific institutions of its time. But because she was a woman, she wasn't allowed to present it. And without a voice to defend her findings, the work was dismissed.
Still, she didn’t stop.
She kept studying. Kept drawing. Kept learning. But eventually, she realized that the doors of science would not open for her.
So, she built her own.
She turned her skills to storytelling—still rooted in nature, still observant, still meticulous. Her animal tales weren’t just charming—they were grounded in biology, behavior, and detail. And through them, she reached millions.
Beatrix Potter was more than an author.
She was a scientist silenced—and a creator who found another way to be heard.
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他家的寵狗 『紅毛球』（Flush），名作家 V. Woolf 幫其寫過傳記（介於虛構與非虛構之間（ Fiction/Non-Fiction cross-over））：Virginia Woolf. Flush: a biography(1933) ）.— 英文本在網路上很容易找到（中文有數翻譯本，譬如說，『天堂玫瑰』pp.156-214 ）Virginia Woolf’s Flush (1933) is a literary sleight of hand—a biography of Elizabeth Barrett Browning’s cocker spaniel that becomes a radical experiment in perspective, class, and feminist rebellion, all disguised as a charming dog’s-eye view of Victorian society.
Written with Woolf’s signature lyrical wit, the novel follows Flush from his early days as a pampered lapdog in the countryside to his tumultuous life with Elizabeth Barrett in her oppressive London sickroom, and finally to their daring escape to Italy with Robert Browning. Through Flush’s nose-first narration, Woolf delivers a surprisingly subversive portrait of 19th-century England: its smells (from the reeking poverty of Whitechapel to the cloying perfumes of aristocrats), its social hierarchies (even dogs have class struggles), and its gendered constraints (Elizabeth’s father’s tyranny mirrors the leash around Flush’s neck).
The genius of Flush lies in how Woolf uses canine innocence to expose human absurdity. When Flush is dognapped by criminals, his ordeal becomes a mirror for Elizabeth’s own captivity by her domineering father. His jealousy of Robert Browning—who “smells of rain and rebellion”—comically parallels Victorian anxieties about female independence. And Woolf’s descriptions of Flush’s sensory world (“The air was full of the smell of violets and rebellion”) turn a pet’s life into a poetic manifesto.
Beneath the surface whimsy, this is Woolf at her most politically sharp. Flush’s liberation (gnawing through his leash in Florence) echoes Elizabeth’s own breaking of societal chains. The novel’s final image—of Flush, now old and blind, still sensing the “golden glow” of freedom in Italy—is a quiet masterpiece of emotional resonance.
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"Flush" in the context of dogs typically refers to flushing dogs, which are a type of gun dog used in hunting. These dogs are trained to locate and "flush" (or drive out) game birds from their hiding places, making them available for a hunter's shot. The term can also refer to the act of flushing game, or to a specific dog named Flush in
Virginia Woolf's biography.
Here's a more detailed explanation:
1. Flushing Dogs (Gun Dogs):
Purpose:
Flushing dogs are specifically bred and trained to work in close proximity to the hunter, ranging within a specific distance to cover ground and locate birds or other game.
Action:
They don't point and hold the game like
pointing dogs; instead, they actively move through the undergrowth, causing the game to flush out into the open, often with a burst of wings or a startled run.
Training:
Flushing dogs need to be trained to be steady and not chase the game once it's flushed, as well as to retrieve downed game.
Breeds:
Popular breeds of flushing dogs include various types of spaniels (like Cocker Spaniels and Springer Spaniels) and some retrievers.
Examples:
In upland hunting, especially for grouse and woodcock, flushing dogs are highly valued for their ability to work through dense cover.
2. The Act of Flushing:
Flushing refers to the act of driving game from its hiding place.
It can be done with dogs, by making noise, or by other methods.
The goal is to make the game take flight or move into the open so that it can be hunted.
3. Flush, the Dog in Literature:
"Flush" is also the name of a biography by Virginia Woolf about
Elizabeth Barrett Browning's pet cocker spaniel.
The book explores the life of the dog and his relationship with the poet.
The dog Flush was originally given to Elizabeth Barrett Browning by writer
Mary Russell Mitford.
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