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Dirty Dog by Gene Zion. Harry was a white dog with black spots who liked everything

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except getting a bath. So one day when he heard the water running in the tub, he took

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the scrubbing brush and buried it in the backyard. Then he ran away from home. He played where

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they were fixing the street and got very dirty. He played at the railroad and got even dirtier.

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He played tag with other dogs and became dirtier still. He slid down a coal chute and got the

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dirtiest of all. In fact, he changed from a white dog with black spots to a black dog with white

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spots. Although there were many other things to do, Harry began to wonder if his family thought

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that he had really run away. He felt tired and hungry too, and so without stopping on the way,

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he ran back home, and when Harry got to his house and he crawled through the fence and sat looking

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at the back door, one of the family looked out and said, there's a strange dog in the backyard.

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By the way, has anyone seen Harry? When Harry heard this, he tried very hard to show them he

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was Harry. He started to do all his old clever tricks. He flip-flopped, and he flop-flipped.

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He rolled over and played dead. He danced and he sang. He did these tricks over and over again,

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but everyone shook their heads and said oh no it couldn't be Harry. Harry gave up gave up and

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walked slowly toward the gate and suddenly he stopped. He ran to a corner of the garden and

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started to dig furiously. Soon he jumped away from the hole barking short happy barks. He'd found the

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scrubbing brush and carrying it in his mouth he ran into the house. Up the stairs he dashed with

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the family following close behind. He jumped into the bathtub and sat up begging, with the scrubbing

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brush in his mouth, a trick he certainly had never done before. This little doggie wants a bath,

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cried the little girl, and her father said, why don't you and your brother give him one?

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Harry's bath was the soapiest one he'd ever seen. It worked like magic. As soon as the children

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started to scrub, they began shouting, Mommy, Daddy, look, look, come quick. It's Harry, it's

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Harry, it's Harry, they cried. Harry wagged his tail and was very, very happy. His family combed

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and brushed him lovingly, and he became once again a white dog with black spots. It was wonderful to

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be home. After dinner, Harry fell asleep in his favorite place, happily dreaming of how much fun

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it had been getting dirty.

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He slept so soundly

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he didn't even feel the scrubbing brush

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he'd hidden under his pillow.

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The end.