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A Dog's Purpose Chapter 9

Chapter 9

Last chapter's life-or-death cliffhanger turns out to be totally lacking in the "death" part.
Ethan is fine. He can swim just fine. But he calls Bailey a "good boy" (9.5) for attempting to save him.
Grandpa, Ethan, and Bailey spend the rest of the summer playing in the lake.
But time passes, the family returns home, Ethan returns to school, and Bailey returns to prison. Well, it's the garage, but Bailey acts like it's prison.
With the humans gone, however, the prisoners run the show.
Bailey ends up opening the door to the house and chasing Smokey the cat all around the place.
When the family comes home, they call Bailey a—you guessed it—"bad dog" (9.43).
Bailey wishes they'd call Smokey a bad cat, but Smokey's not the one who opened the door.

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