From E. B. White's Charlotte's Web
“‘Where’s Papa going with that ax?’ said Fern to her mother as they were setting the table for breakfast.”
“Roy would not have noticed the strange boy if it weren’t for Dana Matherson, because Roy ordinarily didn’t look out the window of the school bus.”
From Carl Hiaasen’s Hoot
“Buck did not read the newspapers, or he would have known that trouble was brewing, not alone for himself, but for every tidewater dog, strong of muscle and with warm, long hair from Puget Sound to San Diego.”
From Jack London’s The Call of the Wild
“Are you sure this is a good idea?”
Gary Paulsen and Jim Paulsen's Road Trip
“The dog stilled in his morning walk, watching as a seagull soared overhead.”
From Tom Sullivan’s Alive Day
First Sentence of a New World 