Gracie raised her head. There was light coming through the window. The ringy thing had not made noise. That meant it was the short time when Bryan didn’t leave her alone all day. They could go to Dog Park.
Gracie got up and stretched. She sat and looked at Bryan. He was still asleep. When he didn’t move after a short while she whined. He needed to be up. They needed to be on their way to Dog Park so she could look for a human for Bryan.
He kept his eyes shut, but reached out and stroked her. “Go back to sleep, Gracie. It’s Saturday and we were up late cleaning up after the party.”
None of this meant anything to her, so she whined again, pawing his shoulder. “Come on, lay down.” Bryan pulled her close to his chest.
She sighed. She knew what “lay down” meant. So she did as she was told a
