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A pet rock can be as comforting to me as any canine or feline. Some would believe that a man's best friend is a dog. However, living in a confined two bedroom apartment, I do not have the luxury or permission for a forty pound dog to be plopp ....

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... the size of a fat barn cat, like the ones back home in northeast Iowa. On my walk to the river before I left for college, I found many rocks within my size range. I couldn't decide which one I should pick, but then on the side of the muddy bank, partly submerged in the water, lay a shinny, sandy, orange stone. It called out for me to pick it to take home instead of the others, like a puppy does from a pet store window. When I held the rock in my hands, I knew it was the one I wanted, and the rock that I needed. Now as for a name. That was easy. How does one name his cat or dog, bird or fish? Every pet has a name, so they're not so ha ...