Toby's Story_A Dog's Purpose Puppy Tale by W. Bruce Cameron

Author:W. Bruce Cameron [Cameron, W. Bruce]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Juvenile Fiction, animals, dogs, Pets
ISBN: 9780765395009
Google: vaxrDwAAQBAJ
Goodreads: 41555953
Publisher: Starscape
Published: 2019-05-07T00:00:00+00:00

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The next morning, it was Mona who was there to let me out first thing. I gave her some licks to show how much I loved her, and then I hurried off to check the lawn for more of those bouncy animals.

I could smell that a few of them had been around earlier, but none seemed to be here now. Patsy came out to join Mona, and while they were talking, I headed for the fence.

There might be a bouncy animal on the other side of it. I forced myself under the bush and wiggled through the hole to check.

No animals, except a squirrel who chattered angrily at me from a tree high overhead. I ignored him. I was starting to learn about squirrels. There is no point chasing them once they are high up. But if they’re on the ground, well, they’d better watch out!

I guess the bouncy creature had learned his lesson and wouldn’t be hanging around anymore. But down the street, I spotted something that made my head and ears go up and my tail start moving.

The boys! The running boys! They were coming back. And Tyler was with them!

I dashed off to join them and ran in circles around them, barking with happiness. They laughed but didn’t stop running. “Guess you’re not the only newbie!” one of the boys said to Tyler as they jogged.

Tyler nodded but didn’t have the breath to answer.

This was excellent. New friends! More running! I settled in by Tyler’s side. Slowly, he began to fall back from the group, just like the day before.

I ran a little ahead of him. Then I looked back. Maybe he’d figured out how to play Chase Me now.

He had! He sped up just a little, so he was running not far behind my tail. We ran like that, with the boys ahead of us and the wind in my nose bringing us the good smells from all around.

I looked back again to see if Tyler needed another reminder. Apparently he did, because he’d stopped. He stood bent over, with his hands braced on his knees.

I hesitated. Should I go back to him?

But the other boys were still running. One of them turned to look at both of us.

That boy was telling me to chase him! I leaped forward and barked for Tyler so he would know what to do.

I heard him groan a little. “Okay, okay, Toby,” he gasped.

He started running again.

We turned around not long after that and headed back again. I ran in a circle around the boys to say good-bye and then wiggled through the hole in the fence and crawled out from under the bush, ready for breakfast.

Mona was standing in the yard, looking worried again. I raced up to her, panting and wagging. Why was she worried when we were together? And when there was bacon in the world?

“Toby!” she said. “Where were you? I looked all over the yard and didn’t find you. I even checked inside.” She bent down to pet me.

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