The Plan On the night when Pocky Cheng's plan was implemented by the Jiao-Gao Regiment, they ran off with over a hundred dogskins my father and granddad had nailed to the crumbling village walls, and stole the rifles Granddad had hidden in the dry well. Having carried out this phase of their plan, they went out to hunt dogs for some needed nutrition, as well as the warmth of the skins. My grandfather was fuming mad.