Chapters 21-24 Summary

Chapter 21 describes how the man in the car rescues Sam, lifting him up and putting him in the car. Just over a page long, the chapter is careful to include a description of the man's hands, which are rough. In Chapter 22, Sam awakens in the man's house. The man has made him a fake leg to replace the one he lost, out of a ladle: he calls it a "leggle," which both he and Sam find funny. While he goes to work, Sam hangs around his house, and is generally content, if not happy. However, it becomes clear that the rough-handed man is in trouble when someone threatens him in his truck, and Sam pretends to be a ferocious and dangerous dog. Because of this, though, the rough-handed man decides that his debts require him to put Sam in a dog...