This story by Australian poet and writer Henry Lawson takes place in an outback pub one hot New Year’s Day. There are four people in the pub: the girl behind the bar, two customers playing cards, and another on a sofa sleeping off a hangover. When one of the card players loses all his money, he bets what he says is his sheepdog. Shortly after the card players leave, the other man wakes. He asks about his dog and threatens to go to the police unless the hotel pays him in some way. Question: Who really owned the dog?
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I think that it was both the girl’s and the winning man’s dog. The girl said that the person with the dog went to the Dog place, but he didn’t. He went to the outback.
Thank you for sharing your thoughts. Interesting idea!
Thank you!