My New Boy Read online

  Table of Contents

  Cover

  Title Page

  Chapter 1

  Copyright

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  I am a little black puppy.

  I live in a pet store.

  Soon I will have a kid of my own.

  Many kids come.

  This one pulls my tail.

  This one kisses too much.

  They are not for me.

  Here is another kid.

  He says hello.

  He pats my head.

  Woof! Woof!

  This is the boy for me!

  My new boy takes me home.

  I start taking care of my boy right away.

  I help him eat dinner.

  I keep him clean.

  I teach him to play tug of war.

  I teach him to throw a ball to me.

  I show my boy tricks.

  I sit up.

  I roll over.

  I teach my boy to give me a bone every time I do a trick.

  My boy is not good at everything.

  He can not dig very fast.

  He can not scratch his ears with his foot.

  He can not hide under the bed.

  My boy can not run as fast as I can.

  I run and run.

  Oh, no!

  I do not see my boy.

  Is he lost?

  I look behind a tree.

  I look on the rocks.

  I do not see my boy.

  Is he on the swing?

  No.

  Is he on the slide?

  No.

  I do not see my boy anywhere.

  Now I see my boy.

  He sees me too.

  He is happy I found him.

  We go home.

  Woof! Woof! Woof!

  I tell my boy he must not get lost again.

  My boy is lucky to have a smart puppy like me!

  Text copyright © 1986 by Joan Phillips.

  Illustrations copyright © 1986 by Lynn Munsinger.

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  Published in the United States by Random House Children’s Books, a division of

  Random House, Inc., New York.

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  Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

  Phillips, Joan.

  My new boy / by Joan Phillips; illustrated by Lynn Munsinger.

  p. cm. — (Step into reading. A step 2 book)

  SUMMARY: A little black puppy acquires a boy, teaches him some tricks, and finds him when he is lost.

  eISBN: 978-0-307-55819-0

  [1. Dogs—Fiction.]

  I. Munsinger, Lynn, ill. IL Title. III. Series: Step into reading. Step 2 book.

  PZ7.P5376My 2003 [E]-dc21 2002153663

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