Chapter Four; A New Friend

"Yes, thank you. We'll be right there to drop him off." Doctor Bellows began with a nod. "Goodbye." He said before he hung up the phone and turned back around to look at Peter. "Well I just spoke with Lisa Chucky's real owner. It turns out that his real name is Harry named after Harry Houdini." He told him.

"Well that doesn't surprise me in the very least. Two of the things that Houdini was famous for were making things disappear and being an escape artist." Mrs. Bellows said.

"Well I guess we better get Harry back to the circus. Uh Jeannie do you mind if I borrow Spot's carrier so that I can transport him there?" Doctor Bellows inquired.

"Oh no, go ahead." She told him.

"Thank you." He began. "I'll go out into the garage to get it. Be right back." He told them before he turned around and headed out the front door.

That's when suddenly Harry took a deep breath while glancing up at the monkey on top of his shoulder. "Well Harry this is it, it's time for you to go home. I'm really going to miss you buddy." He told him.

"Well, I don't think that you have to miss him that much." Jeannie told him with a sly little grin.

"Why not?" Peter asked her.

"Jeannie's getting us a puppy!" Sarah exclaimed excitedly. "Oops." She said before quickly placing her hand over her mouth. "Oops." She said underneath her hand.

"What!?" Peter cried while widening his eyes out of pure astonishment, bewilderment, and amazement. "For real?" he questioned with uncertainty while Doctor Bellows returned through the front door carrying Spot's carrier.

"Alfred guess what? Jeannie is going to buy us a puppy." Mrs. Bellows told him with just as much excitement Sarah had while she hurried to the door.

"Oh really? That's really not necessary Jeannie, you don't have to do that." He told her while setting the carrier down on top of the carpet. Spot whimpered and darted into the bedroom thinking that he was the one who had to get inside of it.

"I know I don't have to, but I want to." Jeannie told him. "After all, you've done a lot for me already by being my temporary masters and letting me stay here while my real one's away. Besides, Poor Peter has to give up his monkey and I really don't want him to be all alone when Spot and I go back home in a few months." She said.

"Well it really is rather kind of you and we appreciate it." He told her. "You know that Amanda has had her heart set on a puppy of her own for the longest time now." He said.

"I know. Now we only have to go to the pet store to pick him or her out and I already know for a fact that there are some pretty friendly and adorable puppies there." She assured them with a nod and a knowing smile.

"Oh I see, so that's what you were doing earlier when you disappeared." Doctor Bellows realized with a bright and shinning grin. "Well, as soon as I'm finished dropping Harry off I'll come back here and we'll all drive to the pet store to pick out a puppy." He told them.

"Good. Now I just have to go and fetch Spot out from underneath the bed and reassure him that everything's alright." Jeannie said before she turned around and walked into the bedroom.

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Peter, Sarah, and Jeannie sat down on top of the newspaper back inside the puppy room. There were Golden Retriever puppies, Labrador puppies in all different colors, Saint Bernards, Dalmatians, and Border Collies. "Oh, look at them Alfred. They're all so cute and adorable and I have no idea how I'll be able to choose just one." She said however it was just at that moment that a little black and white Border Collie trotted over to them. She tucked her tail in-between her legs and hung her head while she started to whimper.

"Aww, poor thing." Mrs. Bellows said. "She wants to play with the other puppies." She said.

"Let's get her!" Sarah exclaimed.

"That sounds like a good idea to me. I'm sure that Spot would love playing with her since he really loves to play." Jeannie said.

"Yeah, please Mom?" Peter pleaded.

"You don't have to ask me twice. This little girl's coming home with us, and I know the perfect name for her too." Mrs. Bellows began before she bent down and picked up their new puppy. "Cassie. That has always been my favorite name ever since I was a little girl. I even had a baby doll with that name." she said.

"That's cute." Doctor Bellows agreed.

"Welcome to the family Cassie!" Sarah cried before she started gently stroking her fur and then started to giggle while Cassie wagged her tail and licked her face as if she knew that she was going home.