From this moment all his care and sorrow was at an end, and the father lived in happiness with his children till his death.

But the loving bonds we share with pets are real, and so are the feelings of loss and grief when they die.

It takes me away and all my sadness ...

I know that we will get through this sadness, just as each of us must when we go through loss.

Yet it was in that vale that her sorrow had taken shape, and she did not love it as formerly.