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Harry was a white dog with black spots who liked everything, except ... getting a bath. So one day when he heard the water running in the tub, he took the scrubbing brush... and buried it in the backyard. Then he ran away from home. He played where they were fixing the street and got very dirty. He played at the railroad and got even dirtier. He played tag with other dogs and became dirtier still. He slid down a coal chute and got the dirtiest of all. In fact, he changed from a white dog with black spots to a black dog with white spots. Although there were many other things to do, Harry began to wonder if his family thought that he had really run away. He felt tired and hungry too, so without stopping on the way he ran back home. When Harry got to his house, he crawled through the fence and sat looking at the back door. One of the family looked out and said, “There’s a strange dog in the backyard. ..by the way, has anyone seen Harry?” When Harry heard this, he tried very hard to show them he was Harry. He started to do all his old, clever tricks. He flip-flopped and he flop-flipped. He rolled over and played dead. He danced and he sang. He did these tricks over and over again, but everyone shook his head and said, “Oh, no, it couldn’t be Harry.” Harry gave up and walked slowly toward the gate, but suddenly he stopped. He ran to a corner of the garden and started to dig furiously. Soon he jumped away from the hole barking short, happy barks. He’d found the scrubbing brush! And carrying it in his mouth, he ran into the house. Up the stairs he dashed, with the family following close behind. He jumped into the bathtub and sat up begging, with the scrubbing brush in his mouth, a trick he certainly had never done before. “This little doggie wants a bath!” cried the little girl, and her father said, “Why don’t you and your brother give him one?” Harry’s bath was the soapiest one he’d ever had. It worked like magic. As soon as the children started to scrub, they began shouting, “Mummy! Daddy! Look, look! Come quick!” “It’s Harry!” “It’s Harry!” “It’s Harry!” they cried. Harry wagged his tail and was very, very happy. His family combed and brushed him lovingly, and he became once again a white dog with black spots. It was wonderful to be home. After dinner, Harry fell asleep in his favorite place, happily dreaming of how much fun it had been getting dirty. He slept so soundly, he didn’t even feel the scrubbing brush he’d hidden under his pillow.

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by Margaret Bloy Graham and Gene Zion

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Summary

Harry is a happy dog who is white with black spots. He loves everything except for taking baths. When bath time comes around, Harry runs away and has loads of fun getting dirty. Before he knows it, he has changed from a white dog with black spots to a black dog with white spots. Harry starts to miss home, but when he returns, his family does not recognize him. How will Harry convince them that he is still Harry?

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Guidelines for Philosophical Discussion

Harry’s appearance changes in the book, and his family does not recognize him. This brings up the issue of appearance versus reality. Though Harry did not appear to be the same dog, he is. In discussing this, the children will be confronted with the issue of how important visual recognition is in identifying objects. Humans have a tendency to judge without full information. Appearance becomes the most important factor in this. An example of this would be if a person who had never before seen a pear was told to identify it. That person could very well assume that the pear was an apple. Apples can also be green and have stems, so this pear could just be an oddly shaped apple. Without prior concrete knowledge, humans automatically make assumptions based on appearance; thus it can be difficult to convince people that something may not be as it seems.

The topic of appearance versus reality also brings up the question of whether we, as humans, can trust appearances. Sometimes what we see can fool us. An example of this would be a mirage in a desert or how a straw looks bent in a glass of water. We can see something with our own eyes and still be making a false judgment about it. This happens in the story when Harry’s family does not recognize him. Did Harry actually change, or is his family just misinterpreting what they are seeing?

Another important issue in this book comes from the philosophy field of metaphysics and concerns the idea of essential properties. Was Harry really the same dog after he changed? The children will have to think about how many properties of Harry can change before he is no longer the same dog. This issue has been long debated in philosophy. It is very hard to say the exact point at which something ceases to be itself. Let’s say that I have a wooden row boat. If part of my boat got smashed and sank to the bottom of a lake, would it still be the same boat? What if I replaced the smashed half of the boat with new materials? What if I filled the boat with dirt and planted flowers in it? When exactly would my wooden row boat no longer be the same row boat?

Harry the Dirty Dog also brings up the idea of home. Harry is out having fun and getting dirty, but still wants to go home. This raises the idea of having a sentimental connection to one’s home as well as what it takes for a place or a building to be a home. Is a place where a person lives their home, or is it where they grew up? The German philosopher, Martin Heidegger, had a theory that man was always in search for the place that would provide him with the longed-for happiness that the idea of “home” promises. He believed that man would undoubtedly seek out things that would remind him of home even in new and exciting places. He believed that an insatiable homesickness was just a part of the human essence. Harry the Dirty Dog provides an opportunity for thinking about the meaning home has for all of us.

Questions for Philosophical Discussion

Appearance versus Reality

When Harry becomes a black dog with white spots, his family no longer recognizes him.

1. Why didn’t the family believe that it was Harry even when he did his old tricks?
2. Why did Harry’s physical appearance present such a barrier to the family recognizing him?
3. How do people change their physical appearance?
4. Would you still recognize a person after a makeover?
5. If you didn’t, would they still be the same person?

Essential Properties

Harry’s family knew him as a white dog with black spots.

1. Was Harry still the same dog even though he looked different?
2. At the end of the story Harry likes his bath. Is he still the same now that he likes different things?
3. What would you have to change about Harry that would make him no longer “Harry”?

Home

Harry was having fun outside, but still wanted to go home.

1. Why didn’t Harry stay out and play some more? Why did he want to go home?
2. Why is having a home so important to us? Why don’t we just go out all the time?
3. Is a home more than just where we can sleep and eat?
4. If you were to move, would you still consider where you used to live “home”?

Original questions and guidelines for philosophical discussion by Kelsey Brower. Edited June 2020 by The Janet Prindle Institute for Ethics.

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About how the boy Harry got a friend named Potter

The old clock, the one that decorates the city tower in the very center of the city, struck exactly twelve times, which meant that it was noon in the city. Some residents claimed that this clock has been working non-stop for three hundred years and during this time it has never broken. Although in fairness it should be noted that the city in which this amazing story began was itself very, very old. In its very center there was a square paved with paving stones, in the middle of which the city tower with a clock towered. Around the tower, here and there, were low, brick houses, with red, green, and brown tiled roofs.

It was impossible to surprise the inhabitants with a chimney sweep, which could easily be met on the streets of the city, with a small cast-iron weight or brush in their hands. Because almost every house had a fireplace. No one built new, high-rise buildings in the city, so it seemed to visitors that time had stopped here. In one of these houses, the most ordinary, nine-year-old boy Harry lived. The boy studied at the most ordinary school, the one that was across the street from his house. But now, in the summer, Harry was a little sad. And although he had very kind and good parents, the boy wanted to have a real, faithful friend, or at least a brother or sister. But for some reason, Harry didn't have any friends. As well as brothers and sisters.

On the day this story began, Harry was sitting in his room, as usual, reading a book. The clock, as we reported earlier, struck exactly twelve times, and with the last bell at the door of their house, someone rang. The boy ran down the stairs to open the door, as there was no one in the house but him. But when he opened the door wide, there was no one on the threshold. Well, or almost no one: a dog stood on the threshold. White, with black spots. The little leathery ears hung down comically, and the tail stood erect.

- Good afternoon! - the dog said cheerfully.

Harry thought he was dreaming. He even went out onto the porch to make sure no one was there.

- Who are you? Harry was surprised.

- May I come into the house? the dog asked politely.

- Are you talking to me? - stammering, the boy said in surprise. He could not believe his ears and eyes that a dog was talking to him, moreover, right on the threshold of his own house.

- Yes, the dog nodded. "Your name is Harry, isn't it?"

"M-me," Harry replied, still stammering. Can dogs speak like humans? the boy immediately asked, scratching his nose.

- I don't know about the others, but I can, - the dog answered politely. - My grandmother taught me. She also knew how to talk like people do. Grandmother always said that it could be useful to me in life. That's what came in handy.

- What's your name?

"Potter," the dog replied.

- What a strange name! Never heard of such a thing.

- The fact is that I am a Pointer dog, - the dog explained, - and when I was a very small puppy and could not speak well, getting to know each other, I said: "Hello, I am a Potter dog." Since then, everyone has called me Potter!

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