Just Right

You will recall that when we left our narrator on Friday, she was going to adopt a beagle named Snoopy.

She went with Papa Bear and Arlo Bear to meet Snoopy at the Annandale Animal Hospital. “We’re here to meet Snoopy.” The Vet’s employees were perturbed because their lunch had been interrupted. Begrudgingly, Hazel (the least perturbed) brought out Snoopy so everyone could get acquainted.

It was not love at first sight. If Arlo could talk he would have said “Mama Bear, get me out of here. This beagle is crazy.”

Mama Bear would have agreed.

It was a sad trio that left Annandale Animal Hospital as Hazel led the wildly barking beagle back to his puppy jail. Especially Mama Bear.

Papa Bear agreed to make a stop at the Lost Dog and Cat Rescue Open House on the way home where they made their way through a plethora of beagles. “Did I miss the news about the beagle population explosion?” asked Mama Bear. She was about to give up when she spied a timid liver spotted Dalmatian. “Look, Papa Bear! She’s not too large, not too small…she’s just right!!” Darcy the Dalmatian had a very sad story. Her owner had gone to jail on November 2nd and Darcy had missed being put to sleep by just a few hours. Since November 2nd she had been living in an animal shelter. Most people want puppies. Darcy was three years old.

Papa Bear looked skeptical. He hadn’t seen what Mama Bear had seen. It wasn’t looking good. Sadly Mama Bear followed Papa Bear and Arlo Bear back to the parking lot where Papa Bear saw the sad, sad expression on Mama Bear’s face.

“Oh, alright! Go get her.”

That’s how Darcy came to live with her new family where she will live happily ever after.