Step 1 : Introduction to the question "Which of these classic novels had a first draft that was eaten by the author’s dog in 1936?"
"The dog ate my homework" is an excuse many children have considered using at least once. For John Steinbeck, the first draft of his novel "Of Mice and Men" really was eaten by his dog Toby. “Two months worth of work, gone. My setter pup, left alone one night, made confetti of about half of my manuscript. I was pretty mad, but the poor little fellow may have been acting critically," Steinbeck wrote his agent. Fortunately, John Steinbeck was able to rewrite the draft, and on this day in 1937, his novella “Of Mice and Men”, was published.