The mean neighbourhood dog, Mad Dog McGraw, is always chasing the young hero of the book.

Everyone is scared of Mad Dog but our child hero knows there must be a way to deal with him.

The child tries various ingenious ideas but Mad Dog always wins.

But when introduced to a cat called Bait, Mad Dog is suddenly friendly.

Finally the child works out that making friends is the answer and that Mad Dog might not be such a mean dog after all.