Dog Days

The first story I read was about a strange dog shows up at school. He fallows Butcher around who is the class bully. But he is not Butcher's dog. Suddenly Butcher dies in a freak accident where mover’s dropped a piano from four floors up and it landed on Butcher. The funeral will be at the Obelisk Services Chapel and the entire school is invited to go. When they go to the funeral they are met by the funeral director, Mr. Cyrus, who for some reason makes a big impression on all the girls. The dog is not seen for several days. Mark sees him in the park and finds out that the dog's name is Anubis. The boy who tells him the name drowns that evening. Mark learns that Anubis is one of the gods of ancient Egypt a jackal who guides the souls of the dead on their journey to the underworld. Mark also finds out that Mr. Cyrus is actually O Siris, which is the name of the Egyptian god of the underworld. The story ends by mark thinking, "There are only so many precautions you can take, So I'm hanging on to my lucky rabbit's foot, but somehow I don't think that can help me now. You see, Anubis followed me home from school yesterday”.