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The Stone Dog

Story Stats

Rating: 4
Grade Level: 2, 3, 4, 5
Page count: 2
Categories: Folk Tale, Puerto Rican

Author

Pura
Belpre

Appeared in

Teacher's Read Aloud Anthology: Two Volumes

Story Summary

A fisherman's dog always sits on a spit of land waiting for his master's return from sea, until one day his master is killed in a hurricane and the dog turns to stone, waiting through eternity for his master's return.