IN A CITY LIVED A DOG…

WHO BELONGED TO NO ONE.

HE HAD TO BE BRAVE,

AND FAST,

AND SMART…

JUST TO SURVIVE.

AND HE ATE WHATEVER HE COULD FIND…

AND HE LOOKED FOR A NEW PLACE TO SLEEP…

EVERY NIGHT.

GO AWAY MUTT!

ONE EVENING HE FOUND A SHELTER.

SHELTER

NO PETS

A LADY WHO WORKED THERE TRIED TO PUT THE SCRUFFY DOG OUTSIDE,

BUT HEESCAPED…

AND HID IN A CORNER.

WHAT AM I GOING TO DO WITH YOU?

SO THE LADY GAVE HIM A COOKIE…

AND MADE HIM A BED.

THE NEXT MORNING HE WAS ON HIS WAY…

THIS IS NO PLACE FOR A MUTT DOG…

I WISH YOU COULD STAY…

THE SKY WAS DARK ANDHE WAS VERY HUNGRY.

HE LOOKED FOR SOMETHING TO EAT

AND A NEW PLACE TO SLEEP.

“WAIT MUTT DOG!” HE HEARD.

WOULD YOU LIKE TO COME HOME WITH ME?IT WAS THE LADY

FROM THE SHELTER.

THEY DROVE OUT OF THE CITY, THE AIR FILLED WITH NEW SMELLS.

HE SEEMS FRIENDLY!

CAN WE KEEP HIM?HI!

HIS NEW FAMILY GAVE HIM HIS FIRST BATH!

AND THEY BRUSHED OUT HIS MATTED KNOTS,

AND A DELICIOUS BONE.

AND GAVE HIM SPECIAL FOOD…

AND EVERYONE THOUGHT UP ALL SORTS OF NAMES:

BEARTYRONE

RADIATOR

PICASSO

FLY

SIGMUND

WINSTON

AFRO

DINGO

SPLOT

DREAD!

HETHCLIFF ERROL

DUSTIN

BUT MOST OF THE TIME, THEY JUST CALLED HIM…

MUTT DOG!

WHO IS THE

LUCKIEST MUTT DOG

OF THE WORLD?

MUTT DOG IS BRAVE,

AND FAST,

AND SMART.

HE IS GENTLE AND LOYAL,

AND EACH NIGHT WHEN HE GOES TO BED…

HE KNOWS WHERE HE BELONGS.