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As the boys walked us to our dorm I asked if they were doing the Animals class. "Yeah. We both are." Said Evan. "Where are you animals then?" I asked, mystified. "We couldn't find a good enough dog." Matthew told me sheepishly. "OK. Guess you'll have to use the school's animals, huh? That's not good!" Lizzy said, looking worried. "Well, we gotta go. Night Matt, Evan." I said, stoping at our door. We waved and went inside. Lizzy closed the door and i got in the computer. Almost everyone at the school has a lap top. "Liz, do you have paper? Like Newspaper?" I asked, still looking at the screen. "Yeah. Here." She said, handing me the paper. My fingers drummed across the keys quickly. I paused to look at the ads in the paper and made mental notes before I went back to the lap top. After I searched a few hits I closed the computer and grabbed my PJ's. "I'm going to bed, Lizzy. Night." I walked into the bathroom to brush my teeth and shower. When I came out Lizzy had changed and Stacy was back. She was changing into her night gown. Stacy said goodnight to me and I waved back at her. I got onto my bed and looked outside to watch the stars. Come on Max. Up Up. He lept up onto the bed and snuggled next to me. I hugged him close and stroked him until i fell asleep.

The next morning Lizzy and I walked to breakfast with Max and Tilly. "I have planned today, Liz. It'll be boring today while the new kids are on tours, wanna hang out?" I asked Lizzy as we go into line. We had left Max and Tilly at the same table. "Sure! I know it'll be fun so I'm in!" Lizzy replied enthusiastically. We went through the line and got our food and the dog's. When we got back to the table, Matthew and Evan were already there. "Hey Guys! I have a great idea for today! And you guys are a key part. Can you come?" I spoke rapidly, smiling at them. "Uh huh. I can. I have nothing better to do. What say you Evan?" Matt replied, poking Evan in the ribs. "Sure, I can come." Evan flinched from the poke while he agreed.

Later that morning many of the older students walked out to Port Townsend. Most would go to Fort Warden and spend the day at the beach. "Come on! We're going on errands, not lolly gagging at the beach!" I called to my group. "Aw come on!" Matthew whined, teasingly. "OK, so no beach, then where?" He continued. "Somewhere." I laughed. "This way. I know where I'm going, don't worry." We walked up the hill into the neighbor hoods. I found the address i had noted and gave Lizzy a paper with writing on it. Then i knocked and backed up behind the others. A lady answered the door in a dirty shirt. "Hi!" Lizzy said to the woman, drawing her attention. "We wanted to see the dog you wanted to give away. May we?" "Sure." the woman said. She disappeared into the house and returned walking a Beagle on a leash. "Be careful! He bites." Hey I thought to the beagle, Why do you bite people? These people scare me. They hit me. I want out! The beagle whimpered at me. I signed to Lizzy and she got it. "Excuse me ma'am, we'll take the dog to a good home and make sure he doesn't bite anyone." "Uh....OK. Bye." She said, closing the door. Don't worry, we'll help you. What's you name? And what boy do you want to be yours? I asked the beagle. My name's Gordy. And I want the not so big one. "Hey Evan, the beagle is yours. His name is Gordy." I handed him the leash. We walked to the next address i had noted and i knocked again before moving behind them. When a man answered the door, Lizzy repeated the request. "Oh thank goodness! He's much too rambunctious for us and we just had a baby. Please take him to a good home!" The man said before bringing the dog out. He was about a year old and a golden retriever. "Thanks!" Lizzy said, flashing the man an angelic smile. Here puppy. I thought at him. He walked over to me. Don't worry, we'll take good care of you. You belong to the really tall guy. He's really nice though. I told him. Max, please explain to the new dogs what we're going to do. "Let's go to the beach now!" I said skipping away. We walked down the road to the Fort and put Max and Tilly on leash so we could walk into it. We all walked down the big hill to the beach to spend the rest of the day lazily.