"Hey, Kassie, check it out" Dodger nodded to the three dogs walking around like lost puppies.
There was one who looked like a lab and was light brown that seemed cheerful even though they looked lost. Next to the lab was a golden retriever who had long, silver fur and looked around angrily. I had never seen a silver retriever and I found that dog more interesting than the others. The last dog was an Irish setter and had reddish fur and looked rather amused. They talked for a while and eventually split into two groups. The setter and the retriever left together and the lab walked away alone on to the streets.
"Dodge, go get those two and I'll see what I can scam out of the cheerful one." We both laughed.
I jumped off the parked taxi cab we were sitting on and Dodger went the opposite way. I followed behind the lab for a few minutes making sure to keep my distance. It would probably be easy to spot me with my pure white fur. We walked past a couple of impressive skyscrapers and he would stop and look at them in amazement. He walked by a hair salon, two pizza places, a fabric shop, and a grocery store with me closely following. He turned a corner around a brick building and reached a hotdog stand. His tongue hung out of his mouth.
"Bingo." I said to myself.
I walked up and sat right beside him.
"That looks good, huh?" I asked him.
He turned and looked a little startled, but he seemed to smile.
"Yeah, it does. But I have no way to get any, and I'm busy right now."
"Well, I'll help" I offered, "Lets come up with a plan."
We walked back around the corner just out of sight from the stand owner.
"Listen, you are going to distract him while I grab the hotdogs. It's that easy." I told him.
"But aren't we stealing it then?" He looked nervous.
"Think of it as, borrowing. Or an honorable donation to us dogs."
"I guess…"
"You'll be fine." I assured him.
I nodded and he slowly crept up to the stand where there was a customer. The lab walked around to stand by the man buying a hotdog. Once the stand owner reached out to give the customer his order and receive his money, my new partner in crime snatched the hotdog and ran like the wind. Both men chased after the dog, effectively leaving the stand alone. I ran and grabbed the linked hotdogs and took off. I howled to let the lab know he could stop the distraction. I ran to the construction site happy to have pulled off another scam.
I walked through the construction with the hotdogs around my neck. The lab came running up behind me.
"So when are we going to eat?" He asked.
"We?" I replied with a smirk on my face.
"Yeah, I'm starving."
"I hate to break it to you kid, but our partnership is, what's the word? Oh yeah, it's what I like to call over."
"Wait, so you're keeping them! You're not being fair!"
"Fairs are for tourists kid, be happy you got a free lesson in street saviore faire from the coolest dog around." I took off.
"Hey!"
I ran into Dodger who was riding on top of the cars through town. He nodded toward the hideout. I howled and gave him a quick smile as I began to run there. On the way I saw the retriever and the setter again. Laughing, I ran by.
"Have a nice day!" I yelled.
Dodger met up with me in the alley and we ran together back to the other dogs. I slowed to take one final look back at the dumbfounded faces of the three and I felt like I should recognize them. It was almost as if I forgot something important, but I shrugged it off and caught up with Dodger. The King had said something about a trio coming to Disney Castle today and how I should be back for their arrival. But why would they be in New York?
Maybe I'll remember later.