Sadi
“What are we going to do today, Sadi?” Max jumped onto the bed, bumping her elbow and jarring the iPad in her hands.
“Hey, watch it.” Her puppy, who wasn’t puppy-sized anymore, could be too rambunctious.
He plopped his big gray head on her hand, putting his nose against the screen. “We can have more fun than that old game. Fun, fun, fun!”
Sadi sighed. Ever since she and Max bumped heads and discovered they could communicate, they had even more fun than a girl and her dog normally had. But there were days she wished she had an off button for him.
“Move, Max. I can’t see the game.”
“I know. That’s the idea.” His big puppy eyes blinked, and he smiled.
How could she resist that cute face? With a grin, she gave up and shut off the game. “It’s summer break.” She set her iPad on the bed beside her, leaned back into her collection of Squishmallows, and yawned. “I need some do-nothing time.”
“What fun is do-nothing time? Summer should be full of fun, fun, fun.” He licked her leg.
“It’s only the third day of summer break. All I’ve done is clean out my closet, donate toys I no longer want, and—”
“Play your game and talk to friends on the phone and play your game with friends while you talk on the phone.” He stood up, turned in a circle, and plopped down on the pink comforter with his head on her stomach. “Let’s get out. Let’s go on an adventure.”
She rubbed his cute, crooked ear. It was one of the things that made Max special. “You know Mom won’t let us go too far. Just me and you. What can we do?”
“Let’s go see Sidney. You said she had two dogs. Let’s go see Sidney’s dogs.”
“Hmm…” Sadi thought she would like to see her friend. But she wasn’t sure about the dog visiting idea. “Sidney’s dogs are old guys, and I’m not sure they would be friendly to a great big puppy like you.”
“What? Sure they would. I get along great with old dogs. Xena and Gabby are old dogs, and we get along fine.”
At that moment, Gabby walked down the hallway and past Sadi’s room. The old girl grumped a soft bark but kept on walking.
Max giggled.
“What did Gabby say?” Although Sadi could understand Max, she couldn’t communicate in human words with her other dogs.
“She always calls me kid, and she doesn’t like to be called old.”
Mom and Dad had Gabby and Xena before Sadi was born. She loved her old ladies, but Max was more fun. Gabby and Xena mostly slept and ate and slept some more.
“Mom lets you walk as far as Sidney’s alone. She’d be sure to let you walk to Sidney’s with me along to protect you.”
“Protect me?” Sadi giggled. “You’re just a sweet, overgrown puppy.”
“Ah, gee, Sadi, I’m a watchdog when it comes to you. I can tell when people look at me, they think I’m kind of scary. I’m a pit bull!” Max puffed out his chest and wagged his tail so hard his bottom shook.
Sadi laughed. “You might be an American Pit Bull Terrier or an American Staffordshire Terrier. They weren’t sure at the adoption place.”
“Doesn’t matter. I look like what everyone calls a pit bull. And you’re changing the subject. I want to take a walk and see Sidney’s dogs. Can we please? Fun! Fun! Can we?”
“I `spose.”
“It’s not `spose. It’s suppose.”
“Argh!” The trouble with communicating with her dog, a smart dog like Max, was he corrected her grammar. Just something she had to put up with. “You’re such a pest, but I love you.” She hugged his neck and got a lick on her cheek as a reward. “Come on. Let’s go ask Mom.”
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