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W： A big dog celebrates a big birthday this year． Clifford the Big Red Dog， first appeared 50 years ago along with Emily Elizabeth， a little girl who loves him． Today we have Norman Bridwell to talk with NBR's Reporter on his dog's 50th birthday． So， Norman， tell us how it all started．
M： Well， it was 1962， and I was a struggling， not very successful artist in New York． My wife suggested that I try my hand in painting for children's books． So I did ten paintings and took them to publishers． I was turned down everywhere except one publisher where a young woman told me I wasn't very good． So if I want to paint for a book， I need to write one on my own．
W： So you did？
M： Oh， the woman pointed to a painting I had done﹣a little girl with a big red dog， and she said maybe that is a story， and I went home and over that weekend I wrote the story﹣Clifford the Big Red Dog， and I was shocked it was accepted for publication， because I never wrote anything before．
W： I see． How wonderful!
M： Yes， it was． My wife was also in shock when she did realize it wasn't a dream， but it was just luck．
W： But that luck turned into 90 Clifford books． And it sold 126 million copies in thirteen languages．
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