"Alright everybody!" Yelled Cookie as she fixed her pink bow. "Lets get this place straightened up!" The general (Dolly) was coming for another visit. And, of course, Cookie was very excited. Nibblet, on the other hand, was scared that the fearsome Cookie would yell at him again. Therefore, he helped clean. Everybody was helping clean, well that is, almost everybody. Strudel and the squirrels were working on upgrading the F.K.D, and Squirt was looking for someone to play poker with.
"Pssst." Squirt whispered to Nibblet.
"Hey Nibblet, over here." He whispered once more.
"Yea Squirt?" Said Nibblet.
"Wana play poker? I'll bet you my best dog bone if you join me in a game of poker." Said Squirt.
"Nah, Cookie will yell at me if she catches me." replied Nibblet. "Okay." Squirt sighed. Just then, he heard a huge CRASH! "What the hell?!" Said Squirt.
"HELP! HELP!" Yelled Strudel. Squirt bolted into Strudel's building room! He looked around quickly and saw Strudel trapped under the rubble of her collapsed contraption!
"Squirt! Thank goodness you are here! Help me out!" exclaimed Strudel. Squirt ran up to the mess Strudel was trapped in, and with little effort, helped her out. "Thank you Squirt!" Said Strudel as soon as she was out.
"No problem." Said Squirt. "Squirt!" called Cookie, angrily. "Uh-oh," Said Squirt. "I better go. Make sure your more careful Strudel." He said with a worried tone.
"I will." Said Strudel.
Squirt walked up to Cookie. He could see that Nibblet had obviously just talked to her, judging at his guilty face.
"Nibblet tells me that you were trying to play poker with him." Said Cookie. "Well, I, um…" Said Squirt, trying to think of something to say. "Well you what?" Asked Cookie, making Squirt very nervous. "Umm…you see I…uh…well, I sorta…" Said squirt, trying to hide his tears. "SPIT IT OUT!" Yelled Cookie on the top of her lungs. She was getting impatient. Nibblet was so scared from Cookie's yell that he ran and hid under a table. "Hey, hey! What is going on here?" Said Lucky as he walked into the room.
"Squirt was trying to play poker with Nibblet!" Said Cookie. Lucky shot Squirt an angry look.
"Squirt," Said Lucky. "You know that it's wrong to be playing poker while we are supposed to be cleaning." "But, does saving Strudel make up for that?" Asked a tricky Squirt. "You saved Strudel!? Is she okay!? " Asked Lucky a bit franticly.
"Yea, she's fine." Said Squirt, calming Lucky down. "Everybody, the general is coming!" Called one of
the dogs. All the dogs ran to greet the general. Accept for Strudel. She was almost done when, "AH FLOOFIN DOODLE!" She yelled, as she quickly grabbed the gears that had fallen off. "Well howdy yall." Said Dolly as she walked in.
"Hello general." Said one of the dogs. "Oh please, remember to call me Dolly, darlin'." Said Dolly with a wink. Strudel realized that Dolly was there and ran to greet her. "Sorry I am late." Said Strudel. "It's alright Strudel. Squirt ain't here either." Said Dolly
in her reassuring voice. Just then, Cookie, realizing he wasn't present, ran to Squirts room, picked him up, and carried him to the main room. "Hey wah-whats this about? I didn't do nothen." Said Squirt, as he angrily tried to get away from Cookies jaws. Squirt, being a chiwawa, made it impossible to get away from the giant boxer, Cookie. "Well howdy Squirt, what were you up to?" Said Dolly. "Playing poker." Said Squirt. "WHAT? I THOUGHT YOU COULDN'T FIND ANYONE TO PLAY POKER
WITH! WHO DID YOU TRICK INTO PLAYING POKER WITH YOU!?" Yelled Cookie. "Nibblet."
Said Squirt. "NIBBLET!" Called Cookie. Nibblet came running. "Yes sir, I mean mam, I mean-" Said
Nibblet fearfully. But he was interrupted by Cookie. "I THOUGHT THAT YOU AGREED YOU WERN'T GONNA PLAY POKER WITH SQUIRT!" Yelled Cookie. "But he bet his best bone! And I won!" Said Nibblet. Cookie growled, but was interrupted by Dolly. "Come on now. You don't need to yell at poor lil' ol' Nibbles." Said Dolly. Nibblet sighed in relief that the horribly terrifying conversation was over thanks to Dolly. "But, but." Started Cookie. "Now, I got something reel important to tell yall." Said Dolly. "Yes?" Said Lucky. "It's reel terrible." Said Dolly. "What is it?" Asked Squirt. "Well, when I was taking the puppies here, there was a river. We didn't know it, but there were alligators in the river…the puppies…didn't make it." Said Dolly with tears appearing in her eyes. Everyone gasped. "That IS terrible!" Said Strudel. Everyone was either in shock, or crying. "Oh, those poor p-puppies. Th-they n-never even got t-to meat their…PEOPLE!" Sobbed Nibblet. "It's alright Nibbles." Said Dolly. "Yea, at least no one will be heart broken." Added Squirt. Just
then, a messenger dog ran in. "Urgent message for the general!" Said the messenger dog, handing a letter to Dolly. "Whats it say Dolly?" Asked Cookie, feeling better because of getting to yell at Nibblet. Dolly opened the letter and read it aloud. It read:
Dear General,
I need your help! I found a batch of Pug puppies on the side of the road. I need you to come here to China, and bring them to safety.
Sincerely,
Chiyong the Pug
"CHINA?" Yelled Dolly. "HOW IN THE WORLD AM I SUPOSD TO GET TO CHINA?" "I wish that we could help." Said Lucky. "It's okay, I'll be fine. If I'm going to be figuring out how I'm going to get to China, then I better leave. Bye everyone." Said Dolly. "Bye." Everyone said. And with that, Dolly walked out. "Well that was a short and…very interesting visit." Said Squirt. "Be nice Squirt." Said
Lucky. Squirt walked over to Nibblet. "So, wana play another game of poker?" Asked Squirt. "Hmm…what
will you bet?" Asked Nibblet. "Um…" Started Squirt, but couldn't figure out what he could bet. He
could bet his favorite chew toy, but that was too valuable. "Um…I'll bet you…" Said Squirt. His best bone was all that he could bet! Squirt thought for a moment. And then he gasped in thought. "I'll bet you 10 kibble bags if you will play." Said Squirt. "OH BOY! I WILL DEFINETLY PLAY!" Yelled Nibblet in excitement. "Great! Come on Nibbs." Said Squirt. They were running to Squirts room but were interrupted by Cookie. "WHAT DO YOU TWO THINK YOUR DOING?" Yelled Cookie. "Going to play poker." Said Squirt, bravely. "NO YOUR NOT…" Started Cookie but was interrupted by Lucky. "At least not you Squirt." Said Lucky. "Lucky, how come you always show up at times like this?" Asked Squirt. "Well…I…uh…honestly…I have no idea." Said Lucky. "LUCKY! You're letting him stall you!" Yelled Cookie. "Um…do I have to stay here?" Asked Nibblet. Cookie got ready to yell at him but decided to be calm about it. "No, you don't have to stay Nibblet." Said Cookie. "YAY!" Yelled Nibblet
in relief. "Hey! How come he can go but I cant?" Asked Squirt. "Because you never helped
clean when Dolly was coming!" Snapped Cookie. "No need to get so upset Cookie." Said Lucky.
"Rrrrrrrrr, fine." Growled Cookie. "Now, let's talk punishment." Said Lucky. "WHAT? BUT, I, B-B-BUT…" Yelled Squirt. "I say that taking away your poker cards should do." Said Lucky, taking away Squirts cards. "NOOOOOOO MY CARDS!" Yelled Squirt. "It's not THAT bad Squirt. So be quiet." Said Cookie. "BUT. BUT. BUT…" Yelled Squirt. Strudel couldn't take much more of this yelling. "ITS NOT THAT BAD SQUIRT!" Yelled Cookie. "YES IT IS!" Yelled Squirt. "BE QUIET!" Screamed Strudel. "I CAN'T STAND ANOTHER MINUET OF THIS YELLING!" She screamed again. "Alright, Alright, settle down." Said Lucky. "You still have to give my cards back!" Said Squirt. Strudel walked up to Lucky and took the cards from him and before Lucky could catch her, gave them back to Squirt. "Hey!" Said Lucky. "Look," Said Strudel. "Squirt has his cards back, the squirrels and I can work in peace, and Cookie isn't yelling anymore. Everyone is happy." "I'm not happy." Said Lucky. "Oh be quiet and stop complaining ya big baby!" Said Strudel. Lucky was surprised that Strudel stood up for Squirt like that. "Strudel, did…you…do this…for…Squirt?" Said Lucky. Strudel was speechless. She didn't want them
to find out that she did this for Squirt. "No, I…I did it for…for all of us. We are better off without all that
yelling." Said Strudel, happy that she could think of something to say. But Lucky still wasn't buying it.