“Momma please!” Doris Lacey says in a small sad voice in the story “Stray” by Cynthia Rylant. Doris doesn’t have anybody to count on or open up too. She deserves to have a friend she can love and cherish, in this case it is the dog, because she is ignored by her parents and she lonely. The most obvious reason why Doris, the main character, is deserving of the dog because she is ignored by her parents. Whenever she tries to talk to her parents she is ignored several times for example, Doris says,””She’s not much trouble. I like her!” Doris smiled at them but they continued to ignore her.” Also Doris says, “”She’s a good dog isn’t she?!” Doris said hoping one of them would agree with her. Her parents glanced at each other and went on