A Dog's Purpose
By W. Bruce Cameron
Read in 8th Grade
A dog is born in nearby a river with his mother and three siblings. They are wild scavengers, and the mother teaches them to fear humans. However, one of the dogs feels an irresistible attraction to them, which inevitably gets the pack caught. They are taken to the Yard, where he is named Toby. He enjoys his life there, but one day, a fighter dog named Spike arrives and upsets everything. He injures Toby, and soon after, the owners of the Yard are forced to give up their dogs due to "mistreatment". Toby dies, and is reincarnated as a new puppy in a breeding facility. Using some knowledge from his life as Toby, he escapes his pen, and goes out into world, eventually being picked up by a family who names him Bailey. He and the boy, Ethan, are soul mates, doing everything together, and Ethan leads a cheerful life. Then one day, a bitter ex-friend named Todd injures him in an arson. Ethan is crippled, and he loses everything - girlfriend, football, scholarship.
From that day on, he feels a deep, painful sadness all the time. Bailey, in time, dies once more, but is reincarnated again. He is beginning to come to the understanding that this cycle has a purpose, but he couldn't fathom a more important purpose than making Ethan happy - that is, until she(Bailey is now Ellie) plays Find. Ellie is a search and rescue dog, and she becomes famous, rescuing many people, and ages knowing that she has fulfilled her purpose - or not. This time, he leads a life that seems to be useless, until he somehow ends up near Ethan's farm. He remembers Ethan's sadness and realizes the purpose of Find was not only to find, but to save. That is his final purpose - to save Ethan. How? By bringing him back together with his love, Hannah, who he lost after the fire. And so, they all live happily, all the way to Ethan's last days, where Bailey(now Buddy) is always by his side.
A dog is born in nearby a river with his mother and three siblings. They are wild scavengers, and the mother teaches them to fear humans. However, one of the dogs feels an irresistible attraction to them, which inevitably gets the pack caught. They are taken to the Yard, where he is named Toby. He enjoys his life there, but one day, a fighter dog named Spike arrives and upsets everything. He injures Toby, and soon after, the owners of the Yard are forced to give up their dogs due to "mistreatment". Toby dies, and is reincarnated as a new puppy in a breeding facility. Using some knowledge from his life as Toby, he escapes his pen, and goes out into world, eventually being picked up by a family who names him Bailey. He and the boy, Ethan, are soul mates, doing everything together, and Ethan leads a cheerful life. Then one day, a bitter ex-friend named Todd injures him in an arson. Ethan is crippled, and he loses everything - girlfriend, football, scholarship.
From that day on, he feels a deep, painful sadness all the time. Bailey, in time, dies once more, but is reincarnated again. He is beginning to come to the understanding that this cycle has a purpose, but he couldn't fathom a more important purpose than making Ethan happy - that is, until she(Bailey is now Ellie) plays Find. Ellie is a search and rescue dog, and she becomes famous, rescuing many people, and ages knowing that she has fulfilled her purpose - or not. This time, he leads a life that seems to be useless, until he somehow ends up near Ethan's farm. He remembers Ethan's sadness and realizes the purpose of Find was not only to find, but to save. That is his final purpose - to save Ethan. How? By bringing him back together with his love, Hannah, who he lost after the fire. And so, they all live happily, all the way to Ethan's last days, where Bailey(now Buddy) is always by his side.
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