Grover's New Friends by Claire Garth

Author:Claire Garth
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Schwartz Publishing Pty. Ltd

CHAPTER 6

Grover slowly opened his eyes … to find Peanut right in front of him.

‘Hello, mister,’ Peanut chirped as he bounced around under Grover’s nose. ‘Do ya wanna play?’

Peanut pawed at Grover’s nose and then quickly ran around behind Grover and hid under his fluffy tail before Grover could react.

Wow! He got his energy back quickly, thought Grover.

Annie was at her desk. She turned around to face Grover and Peanut.

‘Well, don’t you two make the cutest pair!’ she said.

Annie picked Peanut up. He looked even smaller in Annie’s arms than he had looked on the ground.

‘Grover, Peanut is going to stay at our house for a night – I hope that’s okay.’

Grover loved that Annie called it ‘our house’. It made him feel so special. And of course it was okay for Peanut to stay. It wasn’t like he would take up a lot of room!

Grover wagged his tail at Annie.

‘I’m going to get a bed for Peanut to sleep on and some special puppy biscuits,’ said Annie. ‘And then we’ll head home.’

She placed Peanut back on the bed beside Grover and left the room.

Peanut looked anxious. ‘Where are we going?’ he asked. ‘I thought I had to wait at the animal shelter so my owner will know where to find me when she comes back.’

Grover didn’t know what to say. Would Peanut be upset if he told him his owner wasn’t coming back? Grover’s first owner had not been kind to him, so he had been happy to get Annie and David as his new owners. But Peanut had said he liked his owner …

‘Um, it’s just for one night,’ said Grover. ‘You’ll be back here tomorrow.’

Peanut still looked anxious, but he let Annie pick him up and lift him into the car beside Grover.

All the way home, Grover felt worried. He knew he should have told Peanut the truth. But how could he break the news that Peanut’s owner was not coming back? Wouldn’t he be upset? Grover was so worried he forgot to tell the window to ‘open!’.

‘Peanut,’ said Grover. ‘I know you’re a bit scared right now, but it’s going to be okay. When I first came to the shelter I was very scared too.’

Peanut pricked up his ears. ‘Was that when you were a puppy, Gwover?’

‘No, when I was a puppy I was owned by the Man with the Big Boots.’

‘Oh … but isn’t Annie your owner?’ asked Peanut.

‘Annie and David are my owners now,’ explained Grover. ‘But my first owner was the Man with Big Boots. It was very lonely at his house and I was cold and wet and sad a lot of the time. But one night I ran away and Ranger Dan, the animal ranger, found me and took me to the shelter. The vet, Dr Cole, looked after me. Then Annie and David took me home. That’s why I know you’ll be safe at the shelter. They gave me a jacket and a collar and a bath. Well, I didn’t

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