Alone in His Teacher's House

Alone in His Teacher's House

A warm and humorous story by Louis Sachar.

Alone in His Teacher's House is one of the marvelous books in the Marvin Redpost series by Louis Sachar.
  Martin's teacher, Mrs. North, is away for a week. She asks Martin to take care of her old dog, Waldo. She promises to give him three dollars a day, plus a four-dollar bonus if nothing goes wrong with the house or the dog. All his classmates envy him.
  At first all things go well. But soon Martin finds that Waldo has not eaten anything since Mrs. North left. Martin tries hard to get Waldo to eat. He even eats the dog food himself. But it just doesn't work. So he calls the vet, Dr. Charles. The doctor says that Waldo probably misses Mrs. North. He tells Martin to buy a quarter pound of liver and cook it because Waldo will like it. With the help of his mother, Martin cooks the liver and feeds Waldo. He is glad to see that Waldo likes it and eats it all.

  The next day, Martin goes to Mrs. North's house again. But he cannot find Waldo.

Finally he is sad to find Waldo lying under the bed. He does not move. He is dead.
  Martin calls Dr. Charles to help take care of the whole thing. He is sure that Mrs. North will get mad at him for what happens to Waldo. But to the contrary, she hugs him and thanks him for his great job. She is happy that he loves Waldo and takes good care of him.    

  Martin gets the twenty-five dollars. After all, he is the luckiest student in the class.