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Joseph - 16

Nina - 6

Emily - 13

Mason - 8

Riley - 10

Clara - 5

Natty - 9

Halie - 14

Marie - 8

Dan - 12

Ricky - 13

Lisa - 7

Carlo - 11

Mikey - 9

Cedric - 3

Translations for Gladstone Language

Master - Sherlock

Mistress - Mira

Blonde Master - John

Master's pup's - The Irregulars

Gladstone pricked his ears up as the door opened, it was early morning and most of Master's pup's were still asleep. Over the years he had learnt that they all had strange names that made no sense, he had once called them by their hair colour but now there was too many, Master had too many pups. It had taken him years to leant heir names. He was always under orders to watch the pup's when Master wasn't around, especially if it was early or late when there could be danger outside. He padded out to the front door to see two of the pup's speaking in their strange human language that Gladstone had little understanding of, he could sense excitement in the air though.

It was the tall pup and straight haired blonde that stood at the door, Master refereed to them as Joe and Emily for some reason. Gladstone thought his descriptive names were much better but what Master said goes. He barked at the two.

'You shouldn't be leaving now!'

"Shuush Gladstone!" Joe hissed, he had no idea what that first sound meant but Joe made the sign that he should be silent.

'Where are you going?' he cocked his head to the side, of course the pup's didn't understand him. No two leggers seemed to understand basic language, they all communicated loudly with sounds that made no logical sense. It was infuriatingly difficult to communicate with them.

The two pups slipped out the door, Gladstone followed as he was taught. They had no problem with him padding along beside them, they made their way to Master's house and snuck inside, usually Gladstone would man the door in this situation but he was curious and bounded up the stairs after the pups. They were talking Master's blonde friend. At first Gladstone had disliked and snapped at him but soon he found him very useful, he could heal wounds in ways Gladstone had never conceived, so he allowed him to stay.

the words were too fast for him to understand, he only knew his orders in their language and even those had taken time but he heard words such as 'cake' which was a food and 'surprise' which meant to shock somebody. Though he couldn't come up with any way you can shock somebody with cake.

Later more Irregulars and Master arrived, with the aforementioned cake, he could sense the excitement. He heard the word 'Mira' tossed about by Master and Blonde Master, that was the silly name they used for Mistress, perhaps they wished to surprise her? Now he was torn, he was fond of Mistress, should he try and warn her about the attack? He heard the door before anybody else, they all had such dull ears, he moved to warn her but Master ordered him back.

"Gladstone stay!"

Ah well, Master's orders always came first.

When she reached the room there was a good deal of yelling and screaming which hurt his ears but rather than looking annoyed Mistress looked delighted. What confusing things these creatures were! Of course Master didn't yell or jump up and down like the others did, it was part of why Gladstone liked him so much, he made sense. Most of the day they spent eating and talking, Master played funny notes on his wooden contraption that the others seemed to enjoy but just made Gladstone's ears ache. The youngest pup even shared his cake with him, which he found most enjoyable.

Master pressed his lips to Mistress's forehead as well. It had taken him several years to understand that gesture, eventually he realized it was like him touching noses with a female. Mashing lips together made no sense though she he had no idea where the gesture came from. However Mistress and Master were not mates so it made even less sense! Then Blonde Master did the same thing, Gladstone gave up and settled down in the corner.

He'd never understand this lot.

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