The Dog Next Door

　　When I was about thirteen years old， back home in Indiana， Pennsylvania， I had a dog named Bounce. He was just a street dog of indeterminate parentage who had followed me home from school one day. Kind of Airedaleish but of an orange color， Bounce became my close companion. He'd frolic1 alongside me when I'd go into the woods to hunt arrowheads2 and snore3 at my feet when I'd build a model airplane. I loved that dog.

　　Late one summer I had been away to a Boy Scout camp at Two Lick Creek4， and when I got home Bounce wasn't there to greet me. When I asked Mother about him， she gently took me inside. " I'm so sorry， Jim， but Bounce is gone." " Did he run away？" " No， son， he's dead." I couldn't believe it. " What happened？" I choked. " He was killed." " How？" Mom looked over to my father. He cleared his throat." Well， Jim，" he said， " Bogy broke his chain， came over and killed Bounce." I was aghast. Bogy was the next

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