LOB'S GIRL

LOB?S GIRL
Joan Aiken




Have you heard of household pets that rescued people from fires, accidents and people with criminal intent? Have you read of pets that traveled great distances to return to their owners? The story that follows tells of one such pet. Find out what the dog does?.


Nine years went by, and each summer Mr. Dodsworth came back to stay at the Fisherman?s Arms and call on his erstwhile dog. Lob always met him with recognition and dignified pleasure accompanied him for a walk or two--but showed no signs of wishing to return to Liverpool. His place, he intimated, was definitely with the Pengelly?s.

In the course of nine years, Lob changed less than Sandy. As she went into her teens he became a little slower, a little stiffer, there was a touch of gray on his nose, but he was still a handsome dog. He and Sandy still loved one another devotedly.

One evening in October all the summer visitors had left, and the little fishing town looked empty and s...