It was Christmas Eve and Jack, Seann, Dolly and Mildred had made their way through the desolation of Bedfordshire.
They fought their way through the snowy slush and the mountains of rubbish to reach the safety of Sara’s house where they planned a surprise visit with gifts and some out of date mince pies from Aldi’s. (Jack not liking to waste anything)
Luckily enough Sara was at home ,her husband had taken the children out for tea, so Sara could get on with the preparations for Christmas Day.
“Hello Jack, Seann” She said somewhat frostily. ” Come on in.What a nice surprise.” Though Sara wasn’t best pleased as she had a lot to do.
Then Sara , saw Mildred and Dolly and brightened up. “Hello , you two, oh Juniper will be so glad to see you”.
And so it was, Sara,despite having a million things to do, made some tea and the three friends sat down in the living room and ate their mince pies and chatted.
The dogs were excited to see each other, they ran around and around outside making a lot of noise and having fun.
Juniper tried to show them the hedgehog in the garden,but the hedgehog was hibernating and was well hidden and fast asleep.
It was only after Seann, Sarah and Jack had been talking for some time about their plans for next year and Jack had eaten the last mince pie. That Seann said.
“It’s very quiet , listen.”Sean said.
“How can you listen to quiet?” Jack said sardonically but grinned at the same time.
“No,we better check what the dogs are up to!”Sean said excitedly.
“I know where they’ll be!” Sara said.
So they all went into the utility room where Juniper had her comfy space and sure enough the three dogs were in there. On Juniper’s bed.
They were reading a book together and they were so caught up in the story that they didn’t notice they were being watched,even when Sean loudly said
“Oh how cute!”
Sarah said to him “Shh…let’s, leave them be.”
Sara,Jack and Seann went back to the living room and opened their presents to each other and eventually it was time to say their goodbyes.
Dolly got in her rucksack and fell asleep immediately ,Mildred as usual was just happy to be walking with Seann.
After Jack, Seann, Dolly and Mildred had left and Sara was tidying up.she checked in on Juniper who was fast asleep in her favourite bed.Juniper was dreaming and her little paws were going like the clappers. The book had fallen onto the floor and Sara picked it up and read the title.
“The Planet of the Wolves”
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