This small tale within Hans Brinker or The Silver Skates has generated numerous versions and adaptations in media. American poet Phoebe Cary—at whose New York City literary gatherings Dodge was a regular guest[15]—wrote a lengthy poem about it called "The Leak in the Dike", published posthumously in 1873,[16][17] which has been widely anthologized in books of poetry for schoolchildren.[18] Cary also gave the boy a name: Peter.