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We turned and held our hats over our hearts. “We stand here on the highest point available and we face the setting sun,” I said tearfully. “Let us now observe a minute’s silence to commemorate our fallen familiar.”

Cloudy, dusky sky at sunset

With this observance, I said clear as a bell and with almost a smile, we bring to a close our time with our beloved Rocket.

Brown (‘red’) dachshund on leash on raised platform of playground

And now, I said, the next phase of our lives begins.

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