A dark brown dog. (something we read)

    A Dark-brown Dog is about this boy who was standing next to a fence post when all of a sudden a brown dog comes and the boy calls him over to him and then the dog comes up to him. The dog wags his tail and the pats him, all of a sudden the dog acts like he is about to overturn the boy so the boy hits the dog. He sank down to the child's feet, his heart was hurt because he had hit him on the head. The dog then turned over onto his back and put his paws up in the air and looked as if he was praying; the child was amused by this so he patted him repeatedly to make him keep doing that. The dog thought he had committed some horrible crime so he wiggled to show his repentance then the boy grew weary of this and turned toward home. The dog got onto his feet and went after the child; the child then beat the dog with a small stick he found. The dog laid down and prayed until the child finished and resumed his journey, he then got back up and started following him again. On the way home the boy turned around many times and beat the dog and the dog felt guilty but continued to follow the child.
    When the boy got to his doorstep the dog was walking slowly a few yards away from him and he became so agitated with shame that he forgot about his rope and tripped over it. The dog preformed a few tricks and the child grew fond of him and grabbed the rope and dragged the dog down the hall and up many stairs and in a dark place. The dog tried hard to go up the stairs but couldn't even hobble because the child had beaten him so badly; they had a little battle on the stairs. The child won the battle on the stairs and drug the small helpless dog to his home. The dog finally became a member of the household; the family ended up abusing the poor dog and the child would defend him but they only did it when the child wasn't around so they wouldn't hit the boy.