Chapters 5-7 Summary

In chapter five, Matty stops at Mentor's home to speak with Jean about adopting a dog from Mentor's daughter, Jean. Jean's dog gave birth to three puppies, but Jean tells Matty that two puppies already died. Both the mother dog and remaining puppy are ill. Jean leads Matty to the sick dogs, and after ensuring that Mentor is not at home, Matty instructs Jean to fetch herbs for the dogs. However, Matty is only interested in being alone with the dogs. When Jean leaves, Matty places his hands on the dogs to heal them. Later, the dogs are healthy and Matty returns home, exhausted. While Matty rests, he recalls his experience with the frog in the forest. In the forest, Matty stepped on a frog and injured it. When Matty touched the frog with his hand, he was shocked to feel...