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“Oh!” I cried out, surprised by the lazy sprawl “Hello, big girl”

Sally looked at me with doe-brown eyes and leaned forward to press her cold nose to my forearm

I quickly put the numbers into the keypad, and then threw the front door open wide before saying, “Coirl”

Sally looked at me like I was crazy

Like I was aover to get her

But I’d also come prepared Because I was not aher around the neighborhood wasn’t for me

“Look what I have,” I pulled out a Sliood”

I was talking to a dog

I’d never thought I’d see the day

Sally’s straight up pointed ears curled backward as her snout lifted to sniff the air

I grinned

“You want so inside

I threw the stick inside

Then pulled out another one and opened it

After breaking off a hunk, I tossed it on the floor of the porch, then broke off a piece for me

“H it down This was another habit learned fro “That’s not too bad Though, just sayin’, paying four dollars for two sticks seems excessive”

The dog jumped down and daintily licked up the piece I’d tossed onto the floor for her

She looked atto have to go inside to get the rest”

Her muscles tensed, and I knehat she was about to do before she even did it

She bolted

I followed directly behind her, barely fast enough to slam the door shut before she turned around anddoor

I kicked it closed just in ti door

“Next tihtly at the sudden moveoing to have to try harder”

She gave a mournful yip, then sat down on her butt and looked up at me

I offered her the last of the Slilanced around Will’s house

Biting my lip, I looked at the pile of clothes that were in the entryway and wondered how messy Will actually was