Chapter 12The next morning, Jason was still adamant he wouldn’t be attending the adoption party at the clinic. He busied himself putting on the puppies’ new collars with their name tags. He put a pile of tags which read ‘Adopted’ on an end table, explaining that when a pup was chosen, one of these could be put on its collar so there wouldn’t be any squabbles if someone else wanted to adopt the pup, too.
Then he attempted to line the pups up on the couch to await the arrival of Mrs. Anderson who would make her pick before Arnie left for the clinic with Mama and her brood. His efforts were in vain. It was like trying to stack marbles. He finally gave up.
Arnie paced the living room, trying not to worry about which baby the landlady would choose. He told himself it really didn’t matter as h
