This is a story of one brother's desire for revenge
against his older brother. Owen Parry and his brother own a large farm, and when disease
strikes the animals on the farm, his brother calls the authorities who force the
brothers to kill off their livestock, including their dogs. Owen feels much of the
livestock could have been saved, especially his favorite dog, Beth. Owen also resents
his brother for marrying Rhiannon, whom he had loved since they were children. To make
things worse, Rhiannon became pregnant with Owen's child during a period of unhappiness
in her marriage to Owen's brother. Rhiannon refuses to leave her husband and acknowledge
that Margo is Owen's child, so Owen sets a trap to kill his brother. When Owen returns
home, he finds Beth and Margo on the floor, and Owen thinks he had killed them both. He
realizes his brother hadn't killed Beth after all and thinks he has killed his daughter
and the dog. Owen then kills himself. Margo wakes up when she hears the gun shot and
runs out of Owen's cottage screaming. Owen's brother finds her and decides it's too late
to go see Owen. With that, the story ends.
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