kiddieliter

This is a story of a dog, Ike, who gets sent to obedience school by his owner, Mrs. LaRue. The story is told through Ike’s letters to Mrs. LaRue, trying to convince her that he is absolutely the last dog on earth who would ever be suspected to be sent there. He says, “This place is for bad dogs. I’m not a bad dog.” Through some rather exaggerating words, Ike explains all the actions that got him sent to obedience school in the first place. Finally, Ike can’t take it anymore and he plans an escape. Ike doesn’t do very well out in the “barren waste land” so he decides to return home just in time to save Mrs. LaRue; where she in fact realizes that she does need Ike.