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The Black-Eyed Puppy

Chapter 2: ILLUSTRATIONS
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A small white, rough‑haired puppy with a black patch around one eye narrates early life with its owner, learning tricks and performing for factory workers, then running away after being teased. The narrative follows its cold, lonely nights on city streets, attempts to find shelter, encounters with other dogs and people, and the animal’s instincts for survival and attention. Interwoven are scenes of training, performing on stage later with a different owner, and reflections on how behavior taught for entertainment shapes the dog’s relationships and fate.

ILLUSTRATIONS

I hardly knew what to do, I was so glad Frontispiece
 FACING PAGE
I howled and howled 8
The boy brought me some breakfast 14
I wished I could go too 20
I sat up and waved my paws 26
I pretended I wasn’t there 34
I felt too sad and lonely to care anything about playing 44
I grinned at him 48
Mr. Bonelli had a lot of dogs beside me 50
Graceful would jump right over me 60
We would get on top of the barrels and roll them along with our feet 64
Tommy used to make me go through my tricks 88