Just Grace Walks the Dog by Charise Mericle Harper

Author:Charise Mericle Harper [Harper, Charise Mericle]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

She still told him she was sorry and we tried to fix his ear. Mimi put him on my bed and I put a cover over him so we couldn't see his legs sticking out funny on the side. "He looks comfy," said Mimi, and that made her feel a whole ton better.

WHAT HAPPENED AT DINNER

I was halfway finished with my supper when I remembered that Chip-Up was upstairs resting and I had forgotten to bring him down so he could eat too. It was really important to do the suppertime thing because that was one of the ways that Mom and Dad were going to see for themselves my responsibility.

"Oh, I see that Chip-Up is back," said Mom. Then Dad said, "A responsible dog owner wouldn't forget to feed her dog dinner." This was not something I wanted him to say, and I especially didn't want him to start using his favorite irresponsible word on me. So I said, "A real dog would be easier because he would follow me everywhere I went, and at suppertime he'd stand right next to me drooling, so I could never forget to feed him, even if I wanted to, which I wouldn't! Chip-Up is harder to take care of because I have to do all the owner stuff, plus then I have to remember to do all the dog parts too."

Mom was smiling and nodding her head up and down, which meant that she was thinking that I was 100 percent right. But then Dad said, "Well, that may be true, but you have to remember that there are many things that your Chip-Up doesn't do that a real dog would. Things like bark when you want him to be quiet, chew on things he shouldn't, demand to be taken out for walk ... right?"

When a dad gives you a whole list of things you didn't think of before, it can be hard to think of the right thing to say back. Sometimes it can be so hard to think that your stomach, which was so very hungry before the list, now says, "No more food, please." This is what happened to me.

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