Dog by Andy Mulligan

Author:Andy Mulligan [Mulligan, Andy]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Childrens, young adult
ISBN: 9781782691730
Amazon: 1782691731
Goodreads: 35489449
Publisher: Pushkin Children's Books
Published: 2017-10-10T00:00:00+00:00

Nobody came for him.

He lay there alone, lost in thought, unable to believe what he’d witnessed, and unable to believe that his new friend had been snuffed out like a candle. The hunt had moved on in triumph, and all he could hear was birdsong—it was as if Jesse had never existed, and he’d imagined the horror. The sun was still shining and the sky was blue.

Spider stood up on shaking legs and tottered on to a footpath. Soon, he came to a lane, which he crossed, and he found himself in long grass. He walked slowly through it, trying to lose himself. The grief inside was so fierce it made him ache, and when he could go no further—when he was more lost and lonely than he’d ever been—he sat down and stared at his paws.

Tom was gone, and now Jesse was gone too—the wise, generous friend who’d saved his life, and listened to all his pain and confusion. How long had he known her? Hardly a day, and she’d been extinguished.

“Blood leads to blood!” she’d said, as if she’d known her days were numbered. And yet she had been looking to the future. She had wanted to meet Tom, and sit in the garden. “That boy needs protection!”—those had been her words, as they’d sat together, shoulder to shoulder.

The sun was sinking, and still Spider sat. He couldn’t move.

“That boy needs protection…”

The words buzzed around his ears, and Spider repeated them under his breath.

“Come on,” he said, at last. “Stand up, dog. Get up and move! Who’s protecting Tom now, Spider? Nobody. And he needs you more than ever, for this world…” He shook his head. “This world is too, too cruel.”

Slowly, Spider got back on to his feet, and somehow, despite the aching pain, he managed to walk.

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