This is about a stray dog who visits three elderly ladies who live next to each other. The dog visits the first house for breakfast, the second house for a nap, and the third house for dinner. In the beginning, the ladies are not aware that the dog is going from house to house until the first lady walks the dog to the lady in the second house to try to find its owner. With no luck, they all walk to visit the lady in the third house to see if she is the dog’s owner.
The dog learns to trust these ladies but none of them want the responsibility of taking care of a dog. They, eventually, call the dogcatcher but later feel guilty because the dog trusted them and befriended them. They end up picking the dog up at the pound and decided that each lady will watch the dog part-time.
I think this story is adorable. The dog’s innocence and trustfulness in these ladies is really what melted their hearts. It was interesting that they didn’t even realize it until the dog was gone. Also, without each lady’s compromise with one another and working together, the dog may have never left the pound. The illustrations really demonstrate how happy everybody was with the dog around and how lonely they looked without it. I really enjoyed seeing everyone come together even if having the dog may make their lives a little more complicated.
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