The Outside Dog

There are 2 people, father and a little girl in the book. One day, Marisol and her grandfather find a skinny brown mutt sitting outside their house. Grandfather is worried about fleas and ticks and whatever.
Grandfather never lets Marisol pet stray dogs. But when Marisol finds Pancho, the skinny stray mutt, she not only pets him, she is determined to keep him.Can she persuade Grandfather to give this outside dog a home? Set in Puerto Rico, this warm and funny story includes a few Spanish words and a glossary to define them. Marisol had always wanted a dog very much, but her grandfather said they had fleas and ticks and who knows what. If a dog came into the yard, grandfather chased it away from his yard. Always he said "Scram!". And, Grandfather and Marisol came home and found a fog sitting their house. He was a skinny brown mutt and big brown eyes. Grandfather chased him away of course. But that evening, the dog came back. When her grandfather was not looking, she sneaked out and petted him. Grandfather said to her, "I told you not to pet the dogs. They have fleas and ticks and who knows what". But she doesn't think he is all mutt. If the dog is part mutt, he is all  mutt. Now he sees a couple of fleas. We better get him a flea collar. One day when they got back to the house, the dog sat very still while Marisol put the flea collar on him. Marisol is worried about the dog is sleeping at night. She and her grandfather look that the dog is fast asleep. And, when they returned from the colmado, the dog was not there. He was not there when Marisol woke up the next morning nor the morning after that. So she is very anxious about the dog. Marisol woke up in the middle of the night. She walked around her house and shop and river. She felt her way to the door and called Pancho's name but he was not in the yard. Next morning, pancho came back to the yard. She jumped out of the bed and hugged him again and again. She has always wanted an outside dog. She is very relieved and felt asleep.  383 words