The Day the Dog Dressed Like Dad

The family`s father is out of town for the day and the dog comes downstairs dressed in Dad`s clothes, right down to his yellow-framed glasses, purple tie, pink shirt, and jaunty yellow hat. He takes everyone on a picnic, hanging his head out the window as he drives. He chases a cat, self-assuredly slings burgers at a grill while adamantly refusing to cook hot dogs, barks out orders (just like Dad), and in the evening brings himself the newspaper and his slippers before blithely relaxing in the father`s chair to read. At bedtime, the kids get a goodnight lick instead of a kiss. The children hope that the cat will soon dress like their mother. Full-color marker-and-watercolor cartoon illustrations accompany the text. Copyright (C) Muze Inc. 2005. For personal use only. All rights reserved.