The ringy thing woke her up. Gracie knew that meant the long time when she was alone had started again.
Bryan sat up. Gracie played the fall down - roll around game with him. “I wish I had your energy on a Monday morning!” he said as he wrestled with her on the bed.
The long time alone seemed to take even longer than usual. Every day Gracie felt bad when the ringy thing woke her up. But she played with Bryan and did her best to make him smile.
Finally the morning came when she didn’t hear the ringy thing. Gracie sat up and barked; she was so excited to get to go to Dog Park again.
Bryan put the soft thing he put his head on when he slept over him and told her to “stop it and lay down.” But Gracie wouldn’t let him sleep more. She grabbed the soft thing and pulled it away, growling furio
