A Dog and His Boy

Part One (A work of fiction)

“A boy needs a dog,” I heard my dad tell my mom as I pressed my face against my bedroom door. I had spent all of dinner explaining to them why we need a dog.

“A dog will protect us and he can watch me when you can’t find a sitter and I promise I’ll feed him and clean up after him and dogs are cute!” My mom looked at me like I was the cutest, saddest lit…