A younger boy with brown pores and skin and a fluffy black Afro begins the primary day of his dog-training journey by displaying the grey, shaggy mutt his doghouse. He tells the canine that whereas he’s permitted to enterprise into the yard, “you must keep out of the flower mattress, and also you completely can not go into the home.” The illustration reveals Scamp on his haunches within the flower mattress subsequent to a pictorial no-dogs signal. Within the subsequent double-page unfold, labeled “Day 2” in a childlike scrawl, Scamp stands within the kitchen, wagging his tail, with muddy paws and uprooted flowers in his mouth. The boy goes simple on Scamp and tells him that whereas he’s now allowed “to assist in the backyard” and to enter the household room, “you aren’t allowed to play my video video games.” The next double-page unfold depicts Scamp doing precisely that, and a hilarious cumulative story ensues. Youngsters will decide up and recite the repeating strains simply, and they’ll take pleasure in Scamp’s antics and the shock ending, which reveals Scamp’s eager perception into human psychology. There are a number of very humorous illustrations that may get numerous laughs, together with one through which Scamp takes a shower whereas carrying a bathe cap.
