But one cold winter day he finds another dog hiding in a culvert. She is battered and barely alive, but he wraps her in his parka and carries her home. Daniel makes the dog a soft bed of rags by the wood stove and feeds her warm broth from a medicine dropper. He names her Lady and watches over her constantlyas she begins to get well. And he dreams of how she will someday play with him and love him, the way Captain did.
Bitter disappointment is in store for daniel, though.
When Lady does recover, she responds to his gestures of affection by baring her teeth, snarling and even running away. How Daniel learns to acept and respect Lady for what she is makes a moving story of a midwestern farm boy and his dog.