That morning, Newt woke up & saw Minerva again, in a towel & dripping wet from being in the shower. She handed him a small piece of paper.
"Okay, Newt." Minerva said. "Here's your chores for the day. For breakfast, I'll have some toast and sausages."
"Right away, mistress." Newt said. He went straight to work. Later, they were both seated & eating. Minerva, now wearing a green tank-top & bright blue sweatpants, was sitting next to Newt, eating her requested food. All Newt had was some waffles, Lucky Charms, & some milk. While eating, he couldn't help but notice Minerva looking over at him from time to time, looking like she was love struck. Newt simply brushed it off & continued chewing his cereal. "I could've sworn Minerva was staring at me like she loved me or something." Newt thought to himself, then shook his head. "Nah, must be me." He thought again. "Minerva would never want to have me as a boyfriend. I'm not her type." Then, he sort of looked up. "Am I?" He asked in his head.
After breakfast, Newt had finished washing the dishes, cups, & bowls, which were used in making the breakfast. He turned over to Minerva, who was watching him.
"I cleaned the dishes." Newt said.
"Good work." Minerva said. "Now you can cut the grass. The lawnmower's in the tool shed. I hope you remembered that from day 1." Newt shuddered.
"Oh I remember alright." Newt said. At that moment, Minerva's face turned to that of remorse, and a lump of guilt formed in her chest. She was awful to Newt when he first arrived after being evicted out of his own home. She watched Newt walk off out the door. Sheela was watching this from up in a tree, through binoculars.
"Ha." She said. "My brother has left. Now's my chance to snatch that mendacious mink. When my brother goes to mow the lawn, I'll sneak over, and snatch that curved carnivore." Sheela took the binoculars off her eyes. However, the branch she was on began to break. Sheela's eyes widened in realization. "Oh no." She quietly said to herself. The branch then came off the tree, causing Sheela to fall into the pond below. "Oooooooooh." Sheela moaned. She sat up a bit, then saw a light blue hand reach down towards her. She looked to where the hand came from & saw a light blue nerdy-looking anthro wolf wearing thick glasses, tope pants, & a red bowtie. He wore a goofy smile on his face.
"You look like you could use a hand." The wolf said. Sheela slowly reached towards his hand.
"Um, thanks." Sheela said. She stood up & walked out of the water up to him.
"Thanks." The wolf said. "The names Wilford. Wilford B. Wolf. What's yours?"
"Sheela." Sheela said. Wilford shook her hand.
"Pleased to meet you, Sheela." Wilford said. "Hope we meet again soon." Sheela just stared after him, looking love struck.
"Nobody's ever done that for me before." Sheela said to herself. Then she started hitting herself on her own head. "Pull yourself together, Sheela!" Sheela said. "The master is counting on you to capture that mink & give him her pelt. And you mustn't disappoint." She looked over at the house where Minerva & Newt lived, and started towards it.