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Scooter’s black, silky hair brushed the floor as he scrambled past his bed and up to the door of the house. “Yap! Yap! Ms. Lilly’s home! Ms. Lilly’s home!”
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“Hi, Scooter. What adventures did my little Yorkie have today?”
Yorkie was the name Ms. Lilly used when she thought about Scooter’s curiosity about inside things and outside things and things that move and smell.
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“I chased a ladybug in the window. I chewed on my leash, and l looked for you.”
Ms. Lilly cuddled Scooter then let him down to chase the dust that sparkled in the afternoon sun.
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She did not notice that the door that led to the outside things was open.
“Grasshoppers. Butterflies. The smell of green grass.” Scooter scurried his small body past the sign with the numbers 116 and down the …show more content…
Yap. Yap.” Brown and pink and white ice cream dripped from their cones.
When the drips stopped, Scooter chased the truck past the green corner sign that said Elmhurst Court.
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He chased the truck over the bridge that spanned a creek. “Hello, Crawdad and Minnow.” A little further, the truck halted. Scooter’s sniffs discovered pine trees and picnics and children with sand in their shoes.
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The children called, “Here, Doggy. Come here, Boy.” Scooter licked up their ice cream and wondered, “Why do they call me ‘Doggy’? Why don’t they call me Scooter or Yorkie?” Then, the drips stopped again.
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There was nothing left for Scooter to chase. Everything was quiet, and the sky turned from blue to deep purple. He looked for the ice cream truck. And Scooter was no longer curious.
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Scooter was afraid. “This is not my street. The truck is gone. The ice cream is gone. I am a lost dog.”
The park bushes rustled behind the small Yorkie. 12
Cautiously, Callie the Cat scrambled to hide herself from Scooter. Scooter, alone and worried, darted into the street. Tires squealed and a horn blared.
“Yap! Yap! Yap! Yap!” he barked.
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The wise Callie had survived on the streets since she was just a