The Abandoned Puppy (6 page)

“I wonder if Choc likes chasing squirrels too?” Becca said thoughtfully. “Maybe we’ll see him in the park one of these days.”

Zoe nodded. “I bet he does. And I bet he never catches them either.”

The squirrel was sitting high up in the tree now, looking down at the two dogs in disgust. They hadn’t come anywhere near getting him, and he clearly wasn’t
very bothered. He almost looked like he was yawning.

Eventually, Cookie and Biscuit gave up on the squirrel and wandered back to Zoe and Becca.

“Cookie’s catching up on him,” Becca commented. “She’s nearly as big as he is now. She might even end up being bigger!”

“Maybe,” Zoe agreed. “They probably won’t finish growing until they’re about nine months. Perhaps even a year. They’re four months old now, so they’ve got five months more growing to do, at least. You’re going to be a huge dog one day, aren’t you?” she told Cookie affectionately, crouching down and ruffling her ears and stroking her back.

Becca giggled. Cookie might get bigger one day, but she and Biscuit
were still tiny at the moment. Not that they seemed to think they were little at all. They strutted through the park as though they thought they were the most important dogs there.

“They wouldn’t fit in that box now,” Zoe said suddenly, looking up at Becca.

Becca shook her head. “I still don’t know how someone could have left them like that. But I’m just glad it was you and your Auntie Jo that found them.”

Zoe nodded, scratching Cookie under the chin, so that she closed her eyes blissfully, and her tail thumped on the ground.

“I know. Me too.”