Along came a Dog

                Along Came a Dog was written by Meindert DeJong, and was illustrated by Maurice Sendak. It was published in 1958 and was renewed in 1986. You can get this book from the Brookfield Public Library. I like this book because of the hidden friendships a chicken and a dog have.   

                Along Came a Dog is about a hen who lost her toes over a hard winter. The other hens pick on her, then suddenly a dog shows up. The farmer who owns the hens takes the dog away multiple times, but the dog always shows up again. The dog protects the hen, and when he saves the hen from being eaten by hawks, the farmer knows he's been proven wrong of his theory that the dog had killed the hen. At the end of the book, the dog has a home.
                   My favorite part in Along Came a Dog is when the dog realized that he had a boss. It happened when the dog found an egg. The hen was somehow in the wrong with the rooster. The dog was eating eggs when he heard the little hen in trouble. With the last egg from the nest in his mouth, he ran to the scene. He let the egg drop and battled the rooster. The hen claimed the egg as her own. The next day, the dog saw his egg. He came forth to get it. The hen came to him and punished him for taking her property. That's when the dog knew that he had a boss. I love Along Came Dog!