Walter the Wonder Dog, Part One
Bud and Priscilla Shaftoe's car pulled into the driveway one night around dusk. "You guys want a dog?" Bud asked, smiling a mischievous smile. "Um, no!" "It's just a puppy," said Bud, "from a litter born to some friend of ours. They say if we can't give it away, well...ya know..." Yeah, we knew what "ya know" meant. Bud was suggesting the pup would have to be put down. It was a guilt trip in the making. "Well, that's really sad," I said, "but no, we don't want a dog. We have cats. Try someone else." "We've tried [READ MORE]