The story “Stray” by Cynthia Rylant is showing that you don’t always get what you want, but it might turn out your way in many different ways. The first reason is her parents don 't let her have the dog. But that doesn 't stop Doris. Instead she keeps fighting for the right to let her have the dog. The second reason is that her parents don’t have the money so pets are out of the question, but they don’t know how much the dog means to her. The parents finally realise how much the dog really means to doris and her parents let her keep the dog. The third reason is that in the end the parents keep the dog. when Doris comes out of her room and walks to get a cold biscuit her dad asks her if she is going to feed the dog or not. doris is