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A Pet Reader

Chapter 14: A Brave Dog
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Aimed at beginning readers, this collection presents short poems and simple prose about household and farm animals, including dogs, cats, birds, poultry, horses, rabbits, and small pets. Brief anecdotes, descriptive pieces, and rhymes portray everyday pet behavior, care tasks, and gentle moral lessons about kindness and responsibility toward animals. Sections group similar creatures and alternate playful vignettes with practical tips for feeding, housing, and helping wildlife. Illustrative scenes and accessible language support early reading and introduce empathy for animals.

A Brave Dog

I read this story in a newspaper.
It was midnight.
The people were all fast asleep.
The house was burning.
A pet dog saw the smoke, and knew there was a fire.
The dog barked and barked,
until he awoke all the people.
He saved the lives of all the people.
He saved the life of a baby, too.
But the dog himself was so badly burned that he died.
The people buried him
in a little grave in a back yard.
They will never forget this brave dog.