Mr. B Runner: A Short Story

The fresh morning air was cool against my face. Father had been gone for a while now, he had been called by his work for some “serious business.” As my sister Aliah, and I played in the pond by our 2 story house, we heard a faint muttering of Father’s pick-up.

asks him, “Is that how a father rules?” A family is not supposed to be one person ruling over

parents were drunk— which was all the time—up into the kitchen.”(Paulsen 24). When he had dogs, he forgot what his parents were like. Dogs changed everything.

That night dinner was a quiet affair. The girl (Autumn?) sat dejectedly across the table from him, picking at her food. The severe reprimand she had been dealt earlier must be still bothering her. She should be used to it by now. Quickly shoveling down his food, Eli excused himself from the table early. After he had traveled upstairs to prepare for bed, he heard the echoing shouts of his parents from downstairs.

In this short story, Henry Devereaux was being raised by two parents that always seemed to be unavailable. Both Henry's mother and father were English professors at a local university, but Henry’s father was also a well-known writer. As a child of two parents that seem to never be around Henry was lonely and wanted a companion. Henry wanted a dog, but his mother said a dog is not just given it has to be earned. As time went on Henry’s mother had given him a few things here and there that he needed to fix to better his chances of getting a dog, and because Henry wanted the dog so badly he was willing to fix it. Later on, in the story, Henry’s father went off alone to go and pick up a special dog for Henry.

Trent James was sitting on his bed reading a book. “Trent! Go buy a loaf of bread and a jug of milk.” “Here’s $.50 to get you and your sister some candy.” Trent went to his cooking mother and got the money, then left for the grocery store. Trent was walking down to the local supermarket, which was one block from his house when he heard a squealing animal. It was near, yet distant. He looked over to the playground and started walking to it. He heard the crying sound again. He looked under the slide and saw a puppy crying. He scooped it up and looked for a collar. He didn’t see one. Trent then carried the dog home. “Mom. I found a dog”, Trent said. “A dog?”,Trent’s Mom said. “Yes, a dog.”,Trent said again.

Christopher John Francis Boone, 15 year old young man that is diagnosed with an illness called Asperger syndrome ( Which is a form of autism that is a developmental disorder affecting ability to effectively socialize and communicate.) Christopher is very smart he knows all the countries and mostly prime numbers. “I know all the countries of the world and their capital cities and every prime number up to 7,057 (Haddon 1).” Although, Christopher loves dogs, but one day he came across his neighbor’s dog, Wellington the poodle, as he came on his knees he started to pet the dog and when he noticed that he was bleeding and there was a pitch fork near the dog. The neighbor, Mrs. Shears, came out of her house and noticed that Christopher had her dog’s in his arms with holes pierced in him, as she was worried that dog was now dead she called the police due to the scene and he was taking away because of his disorder he doesn’t like to be yelled at or touched so in his own defense he punched the police officer that touched him and was brought to a police station was withheld in a cell until he was released.

As the story starts the boy is seen as a kind gentle being that is very trusting in his elders. While the family begins to pack for their move out of their beloved house, the boy notices that the dog is

“Yes I know we can’t let them take them, we’ll have them hide in the closet for now” replied my father

is a short humorous atypical story about a man and his kids dog . Getting off on the wrong foot, he hates this dog who he never calls by the same name twice Hansen Writes “ We got off on the wrong foot. Whining in his pen those first nights. My squirt gun in his face and him blinking from the water. The so-called accidents in the house” (Bedford 244) Right from the start there is a clear understanding of the relationship between the two. However, the dog that he claims to despise dies at age ten, unfortunately for the rest of the family, and he, the owner goes through great lengths to bury and defend the pets honor. There is nothing funny about a family dog's death. The author portrays humor in the situation by adding how badly the dog behaves around him and how loving the dog is around his family .When Hansen writes, “​When pushed to the brink I shouted, “I’ll cut your face off and show it to you,” and the small-brained mammal just stared at me.

The dark brown dog of this short story had a sad life filled with abuse. It is often said that a dog is a member of the family. In Stephan Crane’s 1893 short story “A Dark Brown Dog’”, he brings attention to one of life's most essential questions what is Love and Hate. Stephan Crane shows this by expressing how connected the dog is to the boy by sticking with him no matter what tragedy strikes, along with how the father has hate for himself/the dog by abusing the dog as well as his family. The small child, the hero of the story, demonstrates how he loves him with how he goes out of his way to protect the poor, defenseless dog.

While peter was reading a book, a stranger named Jerry approaches him. Jerry started to rumble that he has been to the zoo. Jerry then captures Peter attention and began to talk. Jerry then started to question Peter about his home and work life. Furthermore, Jerry tells Peter about his experience, where he lives and his relationships. After, Jerry tells a story about a dog. In the apartment where Jerry live, there is a dog that hates Jerry. Jerry has tried many ways to win the dog over with kindness. He would go to a burger joint and buy a hamburger to feed the dog. He did this for few days. After the dog was finished eating, he would start to attack Jerry. Jerry then got tired and decided to kill the dog. He purchased a hamburger and rat poison to kill the dog. He fed it to the dog and the dog became very sick. The dog surprisingly did not die and recovered. The dog then never attacked Jerry again. Jerry then realizes he loves the dog and that the dog is his only friend. Peter then attempts to leave however, Jerry started to tickle and persuades him to listen to another story. After few more stories, Jerry becomes out of hand and starts to push, poke, and hit Peter of the bench. Both started to fight for the bench. Moreover, Jerry takes out a knife and tosses it to Peter to be even. Peter refuses to fight him with the knife. However, when Jerry got out of control and charged Peter, Peter got the knife and impaled jerry. Jerry and Peter started to

“Ryan take the dog out” said Ryan’s mom “Mom i have homework and I have to practice the guitar”. Let me tell you the story of why you should always take the dog out. Once there was a dog that ruled the world all because he was a ghost and he went around haunting people all because no one took him outside. SO he’d scare people all around the world. But the great four Deven, Nick, Mackie, and Mr.Rice wanted to put a stop to it. So they made up the smartest plan anyone ever thought of, they were going to walk the dog. Deven said that he was confused because why didn’t anyone think of this before. So when the dog ghost came to scare them they put a collar around his neck, leashed him and took him outside. Soon

Once upon a time there was a young boy named jack. jack was 15 years old and lived in austin, texas. He has been wishing for a dog for a very long time now. While decorating the Christmas tree in the family room, a blue Dog jumped out from behind a couch and tackled jack to the ground. But just when he was about to let out a scream for help, jack realized that the blue Dog was only licking his face, not trying to bite it off. At that moment, jack decided to keep the blue Dog as a pet. Since it was Christmas Eve he decided to name his pet clifford the blue Dog ''.'' Then he heard a noise from the front porch. That's right, it was jack's mother, susan. And boy was she surprised to see a blue Dog next to jack by the Christmas Tree! ''What in world is that?'' shouted susan. ''It's a blue Dog,'' answered jack. ''ah, I can see that, jack, but what on earth is it doing here?'' said susan. ''It's my new pet!'' answered jack. ''Oh you think so do you?'' remarked susan. ''I wouldn't get your hopes up. You know how your father hates blue Dogs. But, well, I suppose you can keep him until your father comes home.'' And with that jack grabbed by the scruff of the neck and led his new pet into the kitchen--even though he knew his father was probably going to dissaprove. Once in the kitchen, jack and his dog played and played, that is until jack's favorite television show, ''spongebob,'' started.

Christopher lives with his father as his mother had died two years ago. It was midnight, and Christopher was in his house. He looked out the window, and noticed the dog named Wellington seemed to be lying down on the ground. So he decided to go out and check on his neighbor Mrs. Spears’s dog, after all he liked dogs. But when he got to the dog, he could see a garden fork sticking out of the dog.