The Dog Child. Simon Black

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      Mr. and Mrs. McVitie loved their dog soooo

      much. Her name was Judy, and she slept in the

      bed between them.

      “How’s our baby doing?” Mr.

      McVitie would say when he came home from

      work. Mrs. McVitie would answer, “I think our

      baby is a little hungry. Let’s give her a cookie.”

      The McVities would feed their dog cookies

      and ice cream and all kinds of things that

      dogs aren’t supposed to eat, but Judy

      seemed to like eating them just fine.

      “Look what a nice pair of pajamas I’ve made

      for our baby,” Mrs. McVitie said one day.

      “Isn’t she beautiful in them?” Mr. McVitie said.

      And they took a video of their Judy parading

      around in her pajamas.

      After that, Judy always wore clothes.

      “You know what?” Mr. McVitie

      said one day. “I think it’s time our baby

      girl went to school.”

      “You are so right,” said Mrs. McVitie.

      “We’ll take her to school tomorrow.”

      So they did. But they didn’t take her

      to a dog school—no!—because

      they thought Judy was a child just like

      other children.

      “We’re here to place our daughter in

      kindergarten,” said Mr. McVitie.

      The teacher looked at Judy, all dressed

      up in her little plaid school skirt and

      holding a little lunch pail in her mouth.

      She understood then that the McVities

      were…well…a little…unusual.