CHAPTER 3

The Dog

The pig guts smelled warm, bloody and wonderful. The dog got her teeth into the meaty pig’s heart before her brothers could. She pulled at it, determined to carry it off, to eat by herself under the trees.

Suddenly one of the older dogs growled a warning. She looked up as something fell from the sky.

The net covered her, almost blinding her. She tried to run but her paws caught in the holes. Her brothers struggled and clawed, trying to bite their way free.

‘We caught the dogs!’ yelled a boy. The other boys’ feet thudded on the dirt as they danced around the net.

The dog tensed, waiting to bite if one came close enough.