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PART ONE One afternoon, the three remaining puppies from a litter of six fat yellow balls of fur, Tish, Ronan & Drummer, made puppy plans! "Listen up, guys!" whispered Tish. "I thought I heard Gramma & Bob say they were going out to eat!" "Yeah" whispered Drummer, "I heard that, too" "Wait, you two," said Ronan. "What are you thinking? You two are always making trouble." "Oh, get with it, Ronan," said Tish, "We want to have fun! We're always acting cute and silly - now's our chance to have REAL dog fun. Ya know what they say.....When the cat's away..... "Yeah, but we're not mice!" said Ronan. "Just close your eyes and act like you're sleeping. And then do what I do!" said Tish. "Yeah - close your eyes, Ronan." said Drummer. The puppies closed their eyes. The Humans smiled at their sweetness. "Look, Robin", said Bob, "they are asleep. Let's go out to eat right now so we can be here when they wake up." "OK. Let's take the Big Dogs for a ride", Robin answered. The adult humans tiptoed out the door with Alpha, Nestlee and Dory. Except for the TV in the kitchen, there was not a sound in the house. Tish opened one eye a tiny sliver. Then she opened the other eye a crack. She peeked carefully around the room. She opened both eyes wide and her head popped up so she could peer around. She listened carefully for any sound of people or the Big Dogs. "Hey, you two! They're gone! Let's have some fun!" Jumping up in a single unit, the three pups bounded through the kitchen to see what they could see. All the toys had been put back into the basket, so they started to drag toys out and play, growling and yipping. Drummer had to poop. Ronan had to pee. Tish decided to poop and pee. Drummer decided to pee, too. Ronan added his poop to the floor.
"Kittykittykittykittykitty!" barked Drummer. "Kittykittykittykittykitty!" added Ronan. "Kittykittykittykittykitty!" chimed in Tish. Pearl leapt from the gate to the island. "GET HER!!!!!" yipped Tish! The trio ran and bounced as Pearl jumped from island to counter to desk.
Pearl flew over the gate into the family room, three yellow blobs bouncing after her and body slamming the gate in unison. CRASH!!!! The gate popped off the door and the puppies found themselves in strange territory..... PART TWO "Oooo! What is this place?" asked Drummer. "This is where the Big Dogs go when they growl at us" answered Ronan wisely. "Gramma opens the gate we just knocked down when Nestlee snaps and says 'BIG DOGS GO IN HERE!'" "Yeah......but what is IN HERE?" asked Tish
Three puppies stuck their noses into the potted plants. Six fat little paws started to dig, and three sniffy noses wiggled happily in the potting soil. Oh, Dear! BOOM! The pots fell over on the puppies. "Ronan Tynan! Move over!" barked Drummer. "I want the mud!" "Get your own pile of mud", snapped Ronan. "I got this mud fair and square when I pushed the pot over!" BANG! Another pot fell over, spilling soil on the carpeting. Drummer's tail wagged happily in the air above his up-turned bottom. "Save some mud for me, guys, I gotta poop!" yipped Tish from across the room. "Since you mentioned it, I gotta poop, too." whined Ronan as he tracked mud back and forth across the carpeting looking for the perfect spot to leave his pile. While crouching to leave his poop, Ronan looked around the room and saw.......a DOOR WITH NO GATE! Part Three
Tish and Drummer scampered over to look in the same direction Ronan's nose was pointed. Tishy never even squeaked as she ran on tippy toes up to the DOOR WITH NO GATE. Drummer followed close behind, also on tippy toes. Ronan finished his business and scampered, too - causing a domino effect when he lost control, bumping into the back end of Drummer. "HEY! Cut that out!" bumped Drummer back at Ronan. "I didn't mean it - it was an accident. Like you never bump into me or nuthin'" complained Ronan "SHHhhhhhh!!!!!" whispered Tishy. "Somebody will hear you guys!" "What's in THERE?" asked Drummer in a louder voice. "Dunno" answered Tishy. "I never get to look very good in here because when Gramma carries me through, I'm always half asleep." "What should we do?" asked Drummer wagging his tail. "I think we should go home. I'm getting worried" said Ronan. He was beginning to quiver from top to tail. It was dark, and he couldn't smell anything he remembered. "You are a fraidy cat!" teased Tishy. "I'm going on a great explore. Who's coming?" PART FOUR "Not me!" whimpered Ronan from behind the floor lamp. "Oh, so you're a big baby, are you, Ronan?" teased Tishy, looking back over her shoulder at Ronan and Drummer. "Well, I'm no baby", replied Drummer in a brave voice. "I'm going on a great explore, too!" "Reeeooooowwww!!!" yelled Pearl from the safety of the orange armchair. "You guys are already in trouble. I'd go back to the kitchen for your own safety." "Kittykittykittykittykitty!" barked Drummer. "Kittykittykittykittykitty!" added Ronan. "Kittykittykittykittykitty!" chimed in Tish. "GET HER!!!!!" All three puppies forgot their fear and chased Pearl off the orange chair and in to the living room. A room where NO DOG HAS GONE BEFORE. Pearl leapt from the orange chair onto the piano keys, making a HORRIBLE sound that startled the pups. "WOW! What in the world is that?" screeched Tishy, jumping back and landing on Drummer and Ronan, who had already wisely scampered back behind an end table. "A HA!" reowed Pearl. "Gotcha! That sound, my dear puppies, is a piano. And if you are not all very good little puppies and get back into the kitchen, I am going to make the piano speak again - and LOUDER this time. You won't like it at all!" Drummer whimpered a little. "Tishy. What do you think about all this. Is Pearl right? Can she make the pananoo speak louder?" "I'm really worried now" cried Ronan. "What if the pamano starts speaking and won't stop? What will we do then?" "Let's all calm down and think about this, guys." answered Tishy, sounding a little worried herself. "Comeon! Behind this couch so we can talk without the kitty hearing us." Three puppies scampered behind the big couch and crouched down in the darkness. Pearl licked her paws from on top of the piano. "Reeeow, bbbrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr, bbbrrrrrrrrrrrr, bbbrrrrrrrrrrrr............" purred Pearl.
PART FIVE Ronan Tynan cried softly and put his head down on his paws. Drummer rolled on his back and played with his back feet. Tishy sat primly on her bottom and twitched her tail slowly while she thought about their predicament. "I wanna just go home!"
cried Ronan. "Where's Gramma?"
"Shhhh, Ronan. Tishy will think of something." said Drummer calmly. "Tishy. will you think of something?" asked Ronan, sniffing. "Shhhhh! Both of you be quiet while I think", twitched Tishy. The puppies sat for a few minutes more, letting Tishy think. "OK, you two", declared Tish confidently, "I know what to do!" "Reeeooowwww! I gotta hear this!" thought Pearl and she crept closer to the puppies behind the couch. Drummer sat up and looked at Tishy. Ronan Tynan sat up and wiped his drippy nose on Gramma's blue carpet. Just as Tishy opened her mouth to speak, Pearl ran out of the room and away from the hiding puppies as fast as she could. "What's she up to?" asked Ronan. "She's soooo mean, she must have another plan to get us into trouble!" "Let's go find out!" yapped Drummer! "Follow her!!!!!" All three pups jumped to their feet and were about to chase Pearl when out of the darkness they heard a most WONDERFUL sound....... "Hey, puppies!" cooed Gramma. "What are you doing in here?" Oh goodness! Oh, wonderfulness! Grammagrammagrammagrammagramma, the puppies all wiggled with their fat little tails. Grammagrammagrammagrammagramma, they all ran on their fat little legs as Gramma led the way home. Sniffysniffywigglewigglesniffywigglesniffywigglewigglesniffywiggle they all followed Gramma back into the kitchen. Gramma slapped the puppy gate into place quicky quicky! Gramma gave all the puppies a tasty treat. Gramma hugged the fat little puppies and kissed them on their black wet noses. Bob grumped all the way up the stairs
to the bedroom saying things
Gramma said "Never mind, it will all clean up good as new." and "I missed you guys! You are all such little Devil Dogs!" and then "Now take a little nap and Gramma will clean up your great adventure. "Nite, Tishy" slurped Drummer. "Nite, Ronan", yawned Tishy "Nite Gramma", blinked Ronan Tynan. the end
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