"Albie, the farmer's dog, wakes up one morning to find that his companion Nellie has disappeared. Where has she gone? . . . As he sets off to find her, Albie takes in all the sights and smells of the countryside. His journey takes him through first familiar and then strange places, from the vegetable garden and meadow at home to the shops and high street of the town, where he encounters a cast of characters on his quest to find Nellie"--Back cover.