There was no last animal I ... by James Herriot, a British Writer

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“There was no last animal I treated. When young farm lads started to help me over the gate into a field or a pigpen, to make sure the old fellow wouldn't fall, I started to consider retiring.”

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Name: James Herriot

Nationality: British

Date of Birth: Oct 3, 1916

Date of Death: Feb 23, 1995

Profession: Writer

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I think it was the fact that I liked it so much that made the writing just come out of me automatically.

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