The other day, Tippy, everybody's next-door black lab puppy friend, came to the fence to say hello. 

Happy greetings splashed the air, and then one of the doggies just happened to notice that their bespectacled, round-hole-square-peg, two-legged friend had left the gate open.

Whoosh! Max and Meadow and Tippy ran off down the street, and Samantha dashed into the woods.

Well, a nice neighbor lady driving a white van saw Max and picked him up and brought him home.

Tippy and Meadow came skipping back, tra-la-la, and Meadow could be heard saying to her, "That was fun, let's do this again."

Samantha returned after a long while if only because in the woods there are so many squirrels to herd!

And Bailey? It was all too much commotion for her. She was nice and cozy in bed chewing on her chewy stick.