BR 2-09: Henry And Mudge

Henry has no brothers and no sisters. There were no children at his street. So he was very sad and he want a dog. He asked his parents that he want not a short, not curly, not pointed dog. Then he found Mudge. Mudge had floppy ears, not pointed. And he had straight fur, not curly. However, he was short. He grew out of dog cage! When he finally stopped growing, he weighted one hundred eighty pounds, he stood three feet tall, and he drooled. Henry was very glad. Henry used to walk to school alone. When he walked, he used to worry about tornadoes, ghosts, biting dogs, and bullies. He walked as fast as he could. He looked straight ahead and never looked back. But now he walked to school with Mudge. And now he walked to school but not too fast. He walked shool and sometimes backward. Henry loved Mudge and Mudge loved Henry, too.

One day, Mudge took a walk without Henry. He went down one road, sniffing the bushes, then down another road, kicking up dust. He went through a field, across a stream, into some pine trees. And he was lost. Henry was very sad. He walked and looked for his dog Mudge very hard. He called and called Mudge. Then Mudge came running for Henry very fast. Mudge never went for a walk without Henry again.

I was moving this story. I knew they loved each other from “Mudge never went for a walk without Henry again.”(Cynthia, 2008, p.37) I came to want a dog.

Reference
Rylant, C. (2008). Henry And Mudge. USA: Aladdin Paperbacks.

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