He edged closer to his father’s bones and sinews. Penny slipped an arm around him and he lay close against the lank thigh. His father was the core of safety. His father swam the swift creek to fetch back his wounded dog. The clearing was safe, and his father fought for it, and for his own. A sense of snugness came over him and he dropped asleep. Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings
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The quote above is an excerpt from a poem by William Stafford, titled "The Man Who Shot the Buffalo." He wrote the poem in honor of his father, who "shot the buffalo" in order to survive.

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