▁and ▁Br id , ▁and ▁names ▁the ▁boy ▁F urg ul . ▁They ▁are ▁raised ▁to ▁believe ▁that ▁they ▁are ▁pure ▁grey h ounds , ▁but ▁as ▁they ▁get ▁older , ▁K ee va ▁tells ▁F urg ul ▁that ▁he ▁must ▁run , ▁because ▁he ▁is ▁really ▁a ▁l urch er , ▁and ▁because ▁of ▁how ▁fast ▁he ▁is ▁growing , ▁D ed bone ▁is ▁going ▁to ▁find ▁out ▁and ▁kill ▁him . ▁K ee va ▁also ▁tells ▁him ▁that ▁he ▁must ▁find ▁his ▁father , ▁Arg al . ▁F urg ul ▁promises ▁to ▁come ▁back ▁and ▁save ▁K ee va . ▁ ▁When ▁it ▁is ▁the ▁first ▁day ▁in ▁racing ▁season , ▁K ee va ▁is ▁supposed ▁to ▁be ▁placed ▁in ▁a ▁card board ▁box ▁to ▁go ▁off ▁to ▁the ▁rac et rack . ▁She ▁plans ▁to ▁run ▁away ▁before ▁her ▁le ash ▁can ▁be ▁put ▁on , ▁giving ▁the ▁dogs ▁time ▁to ▁jump ▁into ▁another , ▁empty ▁card board ▁box ▁and ▁go ▁to ▁the ▁rac et rack , ▁where ▁they ▁can ▁escape . ▁However , ▁the ▁G amb ler ▁finds ▁them ▁and ▁further more ▁not ices ▁that ▁they ▁are ▁not ▁grey h ounds . ▁D ed bone ▁goes ▁and ▁gets ▁his ▁shot gun , ▁and ▁while ▁he ▁does , ▁F urg ul ▁man ages ▁to ▁help ▁Br id ▁escape . ▁The ▁other ▁three ▁are ▁still ▁in ▁the ▁box , ▁and ▁D ed bone ▁sho ots ▁multiple ▁times ▁until ▁F urg ul ▁man ages ▁to ▁tip ▁the ▁box ▁enough ▁to ▁fall ▁out