Cedar Woman (158 page)

“
W
h
y
am I
no
t
go
i
ng
to
see
Diti
a
n
d
De
j
an
and
Nic
k
i
e
t
od
a
y
?
” L
o
gan
q
u
esti
o
ne
d
,
sp
o
o
n
p
o
ised hal
f
way to his
m
outh.

“
Y
o
u
a
re
a big
help
at
Vicki
’
s,
but
t
oday
is
a
v
e
ry
b
u
sy
d
ay
,
a
n
d
it’s best
i
f
yo
u
s
t
ay
here.
I
t
h
in
k
yo
u
s
ho
u
l
d
have
s
o
m
e
qu
i
et
da
y
s,
d
o
n
’t

y
o
u
?
P
e
rh
a
p
s
t
o
m
o
rr
o
w
y
o
u
c
an retu
r
n
.

“
Oh!”
L
e
na
exclai
m
ed,
“I al
m
o
st
f
o
r
go
t to
tell
y
ou
.
S
h
erri
is
b
r
i
ng
i
n
g
Happy
ov
er
t
od
ay.
N
o
w,
b
e
ca
r
ef
u
l
,
s
h
e
is
a
b
i
g
d
o
g
.
I
do
n
’t want
y
o
u
w
re
stli
ng
w
it
h
h
e
r
or
a
n
yt
h
i
n
g
.
I
n
f
a
c
t
,
w
h
y
d
o
n’t
yo
u
b
ru
s
h her a
n
d
m
a
y
b
e
g
i
ve
h
e
r
a
bath
o
n
t
h
e
ba
c
k d
e
ck. I
t
h
in
k
s
h
e
’
l
l
li
k
e
t
h
at.”

Lo
g
an
was
ecstatic!
Ha
pp
y was
a
b
ea
u
tiful
Dal
m
a
t
ia
n
,
a
n
d
h
e
was crazy
a
b
out
h
e
r.
G
e
ntle
of
s
p
i
r
it,
H
a
ppy
was
a
wel
c
o
m
e
co
m
p
anion
in t
h
e
You
n
g
Bear
h
o
m
e.
E
ve
n
Kelly
enjoyed
h
e
r
co
m
p
any,
and
the
two

cou
l
d
be
seen na
p
p
i
n
g
t
o
get
h
er
or just “h
an
gi
n
g
o
u
t”
on
t
h
e
de
c
k
,
p
i
nk t
o
n
gu
e
s
l
o
lli
ng
,
tails thu
m
pi
n
g
,
a
s
L
og
a
n
ex
pl
o
red his bel
o
ved lake.

Logan
a
nd
Happy
had
so
mething
in
c
o
m
m
on.
Because
of
a p
ro
b
lem
with
p
r
ocess
i
ng
uric
acid,
t
h
e
u
s
u
a
lly
acti
v
e
dog
had
u
nd
er
g
o
n
e a
c
y
s
t
o
t
o
m
y
for
b
l
a
d
der
stones.
The
two
convalesc
e
nts,
t
h
ere
f
or
e
,
k
ep
t

each
oth
e
r
c
o
mpany
a
s
often
a
s Sh
e
rri
could
br
i
n
g h
e
r.

L
o
gan l
o
ved
h
er gloss
y
,
w
h
ite
coat
co
ver
e
d with r
ou
n
d
, black
sp
ot
s
. Her
n
o
se,
also
s
po
tte
d
,
was wet
a
n
d
c
o
l
d
and
co
n
sta
n
tly
n
u
d
g
ing
h
i
s
h
a
nd f
o
r
pets. H
a
ppy
also
s
h
a
r
ed
so
m
et
h
ing w
i
th
his
i
n
a:
hete
r
o
chro
m
ia; Ha
p
p
y
po
s
ses
s
ed one
br
o
w
n
a
n
d
o
n
e blue
e
y
e.

In
ad
d
iti
on
,
she
was
d
eaf,
a
c
o
n
d
iti
o
n
known
t
o
t
h
e
b
ree
d
.
Lo
g
an fou
n
d
t
h
at
if
h
e
m
a
d
e
certain
m
o
ti
on
s
w
h
ile
tal
k
i
ng
,
li
k
e
p
o
i
n
ting
to Ha
p
p
y
a
n
d
t
h
e
n
a
sp
ot
bes
i
d
e
h
i
s feet
a
n
d
sa
i
d
,
“
H
e
re,” H
a
ppy w
o
u
l
d u
n
d
e
rs
t
a
n
d
a
n
d co
m
e
t
o
h
i
m
.