A Dog of My Own by Lisa McCourt

Author:Lisa McCourt
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: ebook, book
ISBN: 9780757393860
Publisher: HCI, The Life Issues Publisher
Published: 2010-08-31T00:00:00+00:00

After dinner, I looked for Kelly. She was hiding behind a tree a few feet away from Duke, watching him. “What are you doing?” I asked.

“Sssshhhhhh!” she hissed. I looked under the bushes. Duke was eating! Kelly had brought the hamburger and water and left it under there for him.

“If you get too close, he won’t eat it,” she said.

I hid behind a tree, too. “Thanks, Kelly,” I whispered. “That was a great idea.”

When he finished eating, I pulled Duke out and dragged him into the house. He trembled in my arms, and when I let go, he scampered under the washstand.

Mom looked at him and shook her head. “Well, he won’t win any beauty contests,” she said.

“Beauty isn’t everything,” I told her. “Duke is smart and loyal and brave...or at least he will be when he stops being so scared.

Mom, why is he so afraid of me? I would never hurt him. Can’t he tell that?”

“Duke has probably had a very hard life. It won’t be easy for him to trust people again. The best you can do for a dog like that is give him as much love as you’ve got and as much time as he needs.”

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