Rags / (The Story Of A Dog)

by Karen Niemann

He said, "Woof! Woof!" for "Thank you." And lapped it up, hungrily.

Then he played with Gary.

And took another nap.

Night came.

Grandma put an old pillow on the kitchen floor. It was warm by the stove and Rags was happy. He curled up and went to sleep.

Grandma and Gary went to sleep, too.

SUDDENLY Rags woke up. Sniff! Sniff! What was that queer smell? Crackle-crackle-crackle! There was a red light on the wall near the chimney. Something was wrong.

Rags sat up. He didn't want anything to happen to this home.

"WOOF." "WOOF."

Grandma jumped up and ran to the kitchen.