Arthur - Season 1 Episode 12

'Arthur Writes a Story': Mr. Ratburn gives his class an assignment: to write a story either fiction or non-fiction. Arthur decides to write the story of how he got his dog Pal. When he tells his story to D.W., she says that it is boring, and she suggests to make Pal an elephant. Then whenever Arthur tells his changed story to a friend, they keep telling him how it can be improved, and eventually becomes a really bizarre story/'Arthur's Lost Dog': The Read family are out celebrating Downtown Day in Elwood City, and suddenly Kate cries, but Mom, Dad, Arthur and D.W. don't know why. Pal knows that Kate is crying because she wants a balloon, so Pal runs away to get one. Arthur thinks that Pal ran away because he doesn't like Arthur.