Chapter 8

I like this chapter because were following the cat(Tao) again. In this chapter. He meets his match. This is a pretty short chapter.

The cat feels like he has to leave no trace of him behide. He is light on his steps, and his fethery luches, are barried. He would take only ''Cat naps'' in tree's  perched up high.

At this one point he think he is being followed. So he jumped in a tree, and waited. He saw a Linx, an EVIL. He saw a rabbit hole and made himself crawl inside. He could not even turn his head to what the Linx was doing. Finnally after a while, there was a little boy passing by carring a rifle. He was acctually hunting for a deer. His dad was only a few yards behinde him. As he saw the Linx, the Linx saw him, it was either, fight or flight. But he had already risen his riffle, he pulled the trigger. He killed the Linx. As the dad showed him were the bullet had strucked.

As soon as the son and his father were out of sight, he left, kicking dirt on the Linx's face.

2 day later, Tao found the dogs. They were all happy.

I like this chapter because Tao finnaly found the 2 dogs. I think they will to someting a bit more exiting next chapter.

Chapter 7

Chapter 7 isn't extrodinary, but its good.
There is basicly 3 things that happen.
1. They (the old terrier and the labrador) see a human who caught a porcupine. The human gets scared and goes away leaving behide the deliectible porcupine. The dogs get a fest.

2. They walk by a farm and they see a farmer and his dog (collie) running towards them. They end up fighting. The Labrador gets hurt, but not injured. It ends up as that the old terrier wins the fight.

3. They both feel good about winning, espacially the Terrier. The Labrador sees a porcupine. He trys to kill it, but instead gets needle in his head,(close to his eye). he tried to take them off but only succeded into pushing them farder in. And continue there journey. But every time they stop. He picks at them, painfully!

I feel bad for the Labrador. Tao didn't catch up yet. I hope he will, I also hope that the Labrador will find help.

Chapter 6

I absolutely LOVE this chapter.

There is this girl who lives not far from the river, her name is Helvi. Her house is VERY far from anything, and she has to walk miles to get to her school bus. She was by the river and she was wishing that she had someone to play with because every thing around her was isolated.
Suddenly she saw something that drowned in the river it was stuck on a rock unconscious. So she rushed to get her parents, because she did not know what it was, her parents came and got the CAT out of the water!!!!!

The parents heeled it and got him to breath again. Every day he followed Helvi, an when she was gone he would follow her parents as they do their every day chores. That was their every day routine.

At one point they noticed that he was depth, because he did not turn his head when you would speak to him or when a bird would sing.

But one night Tao could not sleep. Helvi noticed that he was turning his head at every little night noise. She saw him looking outside the open window and that she new that he did not need her anymore. So Tao left.


I hope he will find the Labrador and the old Terrier. I wonder what happens next to Tao. I also want to know what happened the other two dogs. I REALLY like this chapter because Tao isn't dead and that he can continue living. I actually think that the old dog might die first now, because he's VERY old . Or maybe the Labrador because he has a lot of trouble getting food, and now that it is now winter( which i forgot to mention ) now, he will have A LOT of trouble  eating.

Chapter 5

The Terriers wounds are almost all healed, and for now they are lucky its an Idian summer. Because the Terrier would not last long. But the old dog was growing somewhat of a winter coat, and the cat two. And the Labradore was growing quite think. Tao looked more heavy then he is already.
They came by an old man. He looks like he loves animals for he is feeding them, and he has a kind and gentle voice. I think the Labradore is a bit more weary around humans but I he still need humans around him.

At one point they have to cross a river, and it was too deep for them to cross with out swimming. Because the cat and the Terrier both did not like water. But the young dog LOVED water and swam across to the other side, and it took a while before the old dog finnaly swam across.

There was also a beaver damn and the beavers had abandoned it. And when the cat tryed to swim across it broke and all the pieces of wood detached and went in the water. They created waves. And one of them hit the cat on the head. The Labradore DID try to protect the cat but it was too late. The cat fell under the water. And the dog was never close to reaching him(.............................................). It was dusk when the labradore finnaly gave up. The cat had drowed(NNNOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!! :'(... :'( ...:'(...!!!!)
The old dog could not sleep and howeld.

This chapter is VERY sad espasially for me. POOR TAO!!!! He was my favorite charactor. I didn't think he would die first. Because he could hunt and every thing. WHY DID'T THEY STAY HOME! I guess there is un other lesson in this. It is that the thoufest looking guy still has weaknesses(Or something like that).

Chapter 4

In this Chapter the Labradore, get REALLY hungry. He catches himself a rabbit. He almost looks like a wolf with blood all over his mussel. The terrier is healing from the cubs claws. They also found Indians. The Labradore didn't go see them he just stood watching out of sight watching the cat and the Terrier get spoiled.
The indians thought it was ''The White dog of The Ojibways, ( The white dog of the Omens) who apperanceheralds disaster or good fortune, and that the spirits had sent him hungry and wonded to test their tribal hospitality. And since he let the cat take his food without doing anything that he had chosen the cat as he's companion.

I don't like this chapter very much, because nothing really happens in it. As for the trip and the Omen thing it goes to show that someone apperance can fool you. Well i am not exacly sure. But it was good news for the cat and the Terrier. I don't know why the Labradore didn't join them to eat the meat.

Chapter 3

In Chapter 3 they were ready to find their owner at ALL costs. Also their is a bit of action in this chapter. The old terrier gets injured, and a cub starts to play with him. That is when Tao, pounces on the cub and starts to sratchs is eyes violently. So that the cub will leave his friend alone. The mama bear notices when she hears her cubs cry. She try to push to cat away violently, but the cat was too quick for her and she endded up hitting her cub who flew into the bushes.

It has a sense of drama and tradjaty.

It was starting to get a bit colder. Also the Labradore and the Terrier are getting hungry. So the Labradore feeds of of domestic berries. It still dosen't help his appetite. Tao is still feeding of of birds.

I really like this chapter. Because it showes how they care for each other. I feel sad for the cub too. Only because he was unly playing with his corps, out of cuirousness. The cub did not mean to hurt the Terrier. He got he's eyes scratched, and he was bleeding too, and then out of no were his mom come and hits him into a bush(POOR little baby cub :(...). Also the cat fells sorry for the Terrier and catches it some food(Hurray!!).

Chapter 2

In this chapter, John, anounces that he will go on a hunting trip and that he won't bring, the animals with. Because there isn't enought space for 4 in the caonoe. So he writes a letter to Mrs, Oaks telling her that he will leave the animals with her, so she will take care of them. He writes the lettre on 2 pieces of papers. And leaves it on he's desk for Mrs.Oaks to see. But he looses the second piece of paper. And when Mrs, Oaks comes to his house. She only finds the 1 piece of paper, wich sais:

                          '' I will be tacking the dogs (and Tao too of course!).....''

So she suspects that John is talking the animals with him. But she does think its odd that someone would bring a cat hunting. She did think there was an other paper, and that the cat must of knocked it off the table. But she looked every where and she did not find them...
So when John leaves, the animals feel lonely, and leave the house trying to return to their owner.

After a while the old Terrier gets week. And the Labradore gets hungry. But on the other end the cat is a natural hunter and catches food, like birds, and chipmucks. That is one of the reasons why Tao is my favorite Charactor!

Chapter 1: Introduction review

Chapter 1 is mostly an introduction.

Their are basicly 3 maine characters. There is Luath, he is a young Golden Labrodor. Bodger is a White Terrier, he is very old. And there is also a cat, he's name is Tao. There owner is called John Longridge. John got the animals in the first place because, their formal owner went to England and he left the animals to John (This is not what happens in the book, it is an event that has already happened).

They talk about how Mrs. Oak, takes care of the house when John is gone. he also like the animals.

I don't particuly love this chapter, because nothing really exiting happens. But i really like the seenery.

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