Five short stories. - Inu wo Kau (Raising a Dog)- Soshite Neko wo Kau (And Then, Caring for a Cat)- Niwa no Nagame (View of the Backyard)- Sannin no Hibi (Three People's Days)- Yakusoku no Chi (Promised Land)The first one tells the death of an old dog, hence the title. The last one is a bit similar to a later work of the author, Kamigami no Itadaki.