He was born in Bercy on the outskirts of Paris and trained in France, …

John Steinbeck
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He was born in Bercy on the outskirts of Paris and trained in France, and while he knows a little Poodle-English, he responds quickly only to commands in French. Otherwise he has to translate, and that slows him down. ✨ John Steinbeck (1980). Travels with Charley in Search of America, p.10, Penguin
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