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Sobbing And Howling In Cynthia Rylant's Stray

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Did you know that there are 7.6 million stray animals living in the united states? Sobbing and howling is an animal's silent scream for help. Strays howl and cry to get people's help and attention. The problem is no one cares or listens. Except In the story Stray by Cynthia Rylant, a little girl named Doris heard a very young cry for help. She heard a cry in the middle of a snowstorm. She came across a puppy that was a stray. According to Doris looked to be about six months old. In the story, Stray Doris the main character is very caring. Doris is caring because she took the puppy inside to help care for it. Another reason why Doris is very caring is she fed the starving stray. My final reason why Doris is very caring is Doris shoveled snow for her parents. These are all good reasons why Doris is very carincg.

Doris was outside minding her own business all of a sudden she saw a puppy, and according to Doris was six months old. So Doris decided to help it because that is the right thing to do. I would have done the same thing because no body deserves to start their life like that. Now you might be thinking how is this being caring? This will toughen the dog up. Well, when it is that young it doesn’t know better or know what to do. Taking a puppy in from the cold especially from a super cold snow storm is very thoughtful and …show more content…

Doris is caring because she took the puppy inside where it was warm, instead of the puppy freezing. Another reason why Doris is a caring person is she fed the dog table scraps so it wouldn’t starve. My final reason why Doris is caring person is she was shoveling snow in her driveway, so her parents wouldn’t have to. These are all reasons why Doris is a very caring person. I am sure there are much more, but those reasons are the ones that stood out to me the most. Doris is a lot like me because I would do all of these things, and much more as

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