Thanks for leaving a positive feedback for my post titled "A dog of Flanders". This little boy is really a unfortunate kid. In the story, his mother died earliy, so he was raised by his grand-father. Worse thing is he was accused of setting fire that killed his grand-father. He finailly froze to death along with his dog.
You probably can read this story to your son, showing him that he is so lucky that he has a great mother taking care of him, :-). Just kidding.
Cheers!