It was very easy for me to cry in "Skippy" when the dog Penny died because I am very fond of pets, dogs especially. I know that I would cry if my dog died.
My ma said that I can't have a dog cause we wouldn't have time to take care of him on a count that we have to go to work every morning. Well a long time ago I had a dog and it ran away from me and then a couple years later I had some baby rabbits and one of them died on Easter. And then all of them died.
A friend of ours has a great Dane dog and it is the cleverest thing. I wish I had a ranch and then I could have horses and dogs and chickens and cows and all kinds of things. I was asked by Mr. Coogan (Jackie Coogan's father he is). But mother said she would worry too much. So I said come along with us and she said that she couldn't because she always has to go places.
I know a boy that lives right across the street from me and his name is Allan Buckland. And he has a little squirrel and its name is "Tippy." And it has a great big cage about four feet long and about four feet wide. That little squirrel has a little brother or mate or whatever you want to call it, and those squirrels play together all the time and have lots of fun.
And Allan has a little cat and its name is "Micky" and boy can that cat run and how.
I am living down to the beach now where I am writing this story and I think when we move back to Hollywood we will have a whole bunch of birds and canary's and 'LOVE' birds and all kinds of birds.
Out here at the beach there's a man named Shorty and he has a police dog and that police dog does everything you can think of.
It even says its prayers which I do when I'm not too tired after spending all the day at the studio and it sleeps in a real bed and everything.
I am getting ready for my next part in "Sooky" and I still will be Skippy, but Robert Coogan will have the leading part in that.
I have been swimming every day but some days I ride horseback. Next to swimming, I like horseback riding and one day I went horseback riding with Marjorie White and we was out for four hours and when I came home I had to stand up when I ate dinner. When I say I ride a horse, I ride a horse and its know pony or mule.