In this task, you're given the title of a five-sentence story and the first four sentences. Your job is to write the last sentence of the story such that it seamlessly connects with the rest of the story.

Title: Cat and Dog. Sentence 1: Three dogs were trotting down the street. Sentence 2: They spied a cat in someone's yard and began barking at it. Sentence 3: One brave dog approached the cat, hoping it would run. Sentence 4: Instead, the cat hissed, puffed itself up, and clawed the dog's nose.
The dog began howling and ran back to its companions.