The Black Dog

Close Read Passage, 654 words, Legend (fiction), Level Z1 (Grade 6), Lexile 800L

When a poor farmer moves into an old house, he quickly learns that a ghost dog occupies the property. Try as he might, the farmer can't get rid of the dog, and an unlikely companionship forms between the two. Is the specter a bad omen as everyone suspects?

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