One Dog and His Boy

Oh, I should have trusted Eva!
It starts absolutely abominably. A little boy wants nothing but a dog, but his parents will give him anything but a dog. They are being really beastly about it. They give him a dog for his birthday, but then they take it back, because it was just hired for a weekend. The boy and the dog are miserable, until they meet again, and realize that in spite of everything they have been told, they love each other. So, the boy runs away from home and steals back his dog, and goes to his grandparents who understand little boys and dogs. It has a really happy ending, and it made me cry :-)
The parents are as bad as one would think. They learn and get better.