(...)And he no longer gets angry at the birds when they come close to him and pick at the grains and seeds. He shakes his tail when he sees his dog friends nearby, and he is always very curious about our neighbour's rabbit.(...) He has a very special trick to convince his family to let him sleep there! He has found out by chance that the living room door opens very easily when pushed... So (...) It was a long way driving but good fun. We would cross France, Spain and part of Portugal, before reaching again our sweet home in the neighbourhood of Lisbon. (...) Barry could not understand what was going on. Before him, the road! Still the road! Nothing else but always the road! (...) He did not hesitate for a second and crossed the road despite the heavy traffic of all those cars and trucks whizzing by him! (...) Barry understood he had to do something! (...) and we waited and waited... and waited for Barry to show up. But two hours later there was still no sign of him anywhere. (...) And should the cat run after him in an unfriendly way, he would put his doggy pride aside and tell him "I don't have time to quarrel with you fellow! I'm too busy looking for my family!
"Barry's Adventure" is the English version of my first children's book. The idea of writing the story popped up in my mind one day at Christmas time; it is the accomplishment of my great affection for animals... and for children. I took an enormous pleasure in writing this story and I sincerely hope you will as well enjoy reading it.
When writing this book I wanted to leave to posterity the car adventure lived by my pet dog Barry the first time he travelled to Belgium. Barry had been born in Portugal but my sons and I were taking him that day to live with us in Belgium.