PRINTED IN
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

TO ALL CHILDREN
AND GROWN-UPS
WHO LOVE DOGS

CONTENTS

[Chapter I]
How Ready Lost His Head[1]
[Chapter II]
Ready a Prisoner[11]
[Chapter III]
Freedom[18]
[Chapter IV]
Ready at the Great Gathering[32]
[Chapter V]
Bad News[50]
[Chapter VI]
With the Chipmunks[70]
[Chapter VII]
The Journey With the Swallows[81]
[Chapter VIII]
A Dreadful Visitor[95]
[Chapter IX]
The Journey With the Sandpiper[99]
[Chapter X]
The End of the Lonely Road[117]

LITTLE DOG READY

CHAPTER I

HOW READY LOST HIS HEAD

He was a little black and white dog with a shaggy coat and a waggy tail. He had very polite eyes which were always watching people to find out what they would like to have him do. Whenever people were kind enough to tell him what they wanted, he would always do it for them if he possibly could, and that is why he was named “Ready.”

Ready loved his little master Dick more than any one in the world, and Dick never wanted Ready out of his sight; and that is how this story came about.