'What the Dog Dragged In!'

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When I posted the Bradbury story the other day I was asked if EC ever adapted his short story 'The Emissary'. The answer is yes... and no. While they didn't officially adapt it, they did rip it off.

EC would at various points look for 'inspiration' for their stories and they famously cribbed from Ray Bradbury on a number of occasions. Bradbury eventually sent the following note to editor Bill Gaines: "Just a note to remind you of an oversight. You have not as yet sent on the check for $50.00 to cover the use of secondary rights on my two stories ‘The Rocket Man’ and ‘Kaleidoscope.’ . . . I feel this was probably overlooked in the general confusion of office work, and look forward to your payment in the near future.”

Fortunately after this was cleared up Bradbury lent his stories for EC to officially adapt.

This is from The Vault of Horror #22.

The original story 'The Emissary' is about a bedridden young boy and his pet dog. In this version the main character is a blind woman, Betty, who is confined to a wheelchair. 

Betty sends her dog to get her groceries. One day the dog is hit by a car and the driver, Roger, rescues it. He brings the dog back to Betty and the two eventually grow close with one another.