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From YouTube: Comfort and Joy by Fiona
Description
In this video Fiona from Southbourne library share her story about a Caring Canines dog, Joy and her visit to Bournemouth library
A
Hi,
my
name
is
fiona
and
I
normally
work
at
southbourne
library
and
today,
I'd
like
to
share
another
story
which
I've
written.
This
one
is
set
in
bournemouth
library
and
just
to
clarify
before
we
start
only
official
assistance,
animals
are
allowed
in
our
libraries
and
a
lot
of
the
activities
and
events
that
are
mentioned
in
the
story.
Unfortunately,
we're
not
able
to
provide
at
the
moment,
but
we're
really
looking
forward
to
getting
back
to
those
as
soon
as
it's
safe
to
do
so
so
on
with
the
story,
it's
called
comfort
and
joy.
A
A
The
little
girl
gave
her
a
pat
and
a
stroke
and
thanked
joy,
whose
name
she
had
spelled
out
from
the
blue
jacket.
She
was
wearing
next
joy,
nudged,
the
knee
of
a
man
tapping
away
with
great
force
at
one
of
the
computers
she
could
tell.
He
was
quite
stressed
from
the
way
his
face
was
read
and
screwed
up
his
mutter's
about.
How
do
they
expect
you
to
do
all
this
stuff
online?
It's
a
big
nightmare
also
gave
it
away
as
he
absent-mindedly
stroke,
joy's
head.
A
A
A
Joy
was
a
little
shocked.
She
had
been
taught
biting
was
always
wrong,
but
seeing
how
the
other
man
by
his
side
reacted.
She
realized
the
young
man
was
one
of
those
people
she
visited
on
thursdays
at
the
day
center
slowly.
She
moved
closer,
giving
him
time
to
move
away
if
he
wanted,
but
his
face
broke
out
in
a
huge
smile
and
he
suddenly
dropped
to
his
knees
and
enveloped
her
in
the
longest
hug
ever
joy,
snuggled
into
his
arms
feeling
his
heartbeat
against
her
side.
A
When
the
hug
finally
ended
joy
approached
an
elderly
man
reading
a
newspaper,
perhaps
it
was
the
practice
from
her
visits
to
the
care
home.
Perhaps
it
was
the
way
he
sat
looking
up
occasionally
to
watch
the
goings-on
in
the
library,
but
you
could
tell
he
was
very
lonely
and
in
need
of
her
company,
she
stood
attentively
by
his
side
as
he
patted
her.
She
sniffed
at
the
pockets
of
his
jackets.
A
A
Meanwhile,
panting
upstairs
came
michelle
looking
around
worriedly,
she
spotted
the
ask
here
desk.
It
seemed
to
be
the
right
place
to
ask.
Have
you
seen
my
dog?
I
was
just
explaining
what
we
do
to
one
of
your
customers
and
when
I
next
looked
down,
she'd
gone
from
my
side,
it's
most
unlike
her,
the
faces
of
the
staff
change
from
looks
of
disapproval
to
smiles
and
laughter,
but
with
all
the
people
after
printouts
books,
meeting
spaces
and
the
like,
they'd
forgotten.
The
plan
visit
today
from
caring
canines
together
with
michelle.
They
searched
all
over
the
library.
A
Eventually,
they
tracked
joy
down
making
her
way
back
towards
her
favorite.
The
children
val
sat
back
down
in
front
of
the
computer
to
continue
the
mind-bending
puzzle
of
slotting
staff
into
timetables.
For
the
week.
The
old
lady
smiled
at
the
dock,
from
a
safe
distance,
of
course,
and
phil
side
and
headed
for
the
toilets
right,
said
michelle.
We
will
now
make
a
start.
A
We
are
here
for
all
for
meeting
and
caring,
bringing
comfort
and
joy.
Joy
gave
a
wag
of
her
tail
and
an
amused
bark
for
only
she
and
those
she
cared
for
realized.
This
was
far
from
the
start
of
a
session
as
a
caring
canine
at
the
library
that
day,
the
uk
based
caring,
canines
charity
and
the
work
they
do,
including
arranging
visits
to
your
organization,
can
be
found
on
their
website.