a very long time ago in a very cold, snowy place there lived some people who were monks

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A very long time ago in a very cold, snowy place there lived some people who were monks. The monks lived near the Alps between Switzerland and Italy. These were mountains that were very high and covered in snow. The way through the mountains was called the Saint Bernard Pass and so the monks named their big dogs Saint Bernard dogs after the pass. At first they kept the dogs as guard dogs and looked after them like pets. But the monks soon discovered that the dogs were not only very strong and friendly but they were also very clever and so they trained them to do a very special job.

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Page 1: A very long time ago in a very cold, snowy place there lived some people who were monks

A very long time ago in a very cold, snowy place there lived some people who were monks.

The monks lived near the Alps between

Switzerland and Italy. These were mountains

that were very high and covered in snow. The

way through the mountains was called the

Saint Bernard Pass and so the monks named

their big dogs Saint Bernard dogs after the

pass.

At first they kept the dogs as guard dogs and

looked after them like pets. But the monks

soon discovered that the dogs were not only

very strong and friendly but they were also

very clever and so they trained them to do a

very special job.

Page 2: A very long time ago in a very cold, snowy place there lived some people who were monks

Travellers had to find

their way through the

snow but the snow

was often very deep

and

dangerous. It was

easy to get lost and

some of the travellers

died

before they could be found by the monks.

In winter the snow would often fall down from

the mountains in an avalanche and anyone out

travelling would be lost in the snow or even

buried by the avalanche.

When the monks took their dogs out walking,

they discovered that the dogs were good at

finding their way and sniffing out travellers who

had been buried in the snow.

So every day the

monks sent their dogs

out in little groups to

search for signs of

strangers who were

lost in the snow.

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The dogs were trained to look after anyone

they found by staying with them to keep

them warm while one of the dogs went back

to get help from the monks.

The most famous rescue dog of all was

called Barry and he lived 200 years ago.

Barry was

famous because in his lifetime he helped to

rescue 40 people!

He could smell anyone who had been buried

under the snow or had got lost.

Ever since that time the monks, who still live

there, have

always named the

most beautiful

Saint Bernard pup

in the litter

‘Barry’ in his

honour and when

people get lost in

the snowy

mountains thereare still specially trained dogs to search for

them.