Who's the owner? There was a big black dog called Bug. Two pioneers, Kolya and Vanya, picked him up from the street. He had have a broken leg. Kolya and Vanya treated the dog together, and when he fully recovered, they both wanted to be he's only owner. But because they can't decide who should be Bug's owner, every debate they had constantly ended with a fight. Once they walked through the forest. Bug was running ahead of them. The boys kept arguing. "That's my dog", Kolya said, "I saw him first and I picked him up!" "No, he's mine!" Vanya answered angrily. "I bandaged his paw and I fed him". No one was going to give in. "Mine! Mine!" both of them yelled. Suddenly, two giant sheep-dogs flung out from the yard of the woodsman. They attacked Bug, and he fell to the ground. Vanya climbed the nearest tree huriedly and shouted to his camrade: "Escape!" But Kolya grabbed a stick and run to help Bug. The noise caused the woodsman to come, and he made his sheep-dogs get away. "Who's the owner of this dog?" he yelled angrily. "It's me", Kolya said. Vanya was silent. - Originally written by V. Oseeva, 1940s