"No no no no no!!! Not on the carpet!!!" Selphie picked up the husky pup and set him on some newspaper before he could ruin the new carpet.
"Mom, shouldn't he be able to pee freely?" Jilly whined, patting the puppy on the head as he did his business.
"Sure, he can pee wherever he likes as long as it says "Trabia Record" on the front of it.
"That sounds pretty limited…"
"Mommy, why is the sky blue?" April asked randomly, staring at the little puppy.
"Because God spilt paint on it, sweetie."
"Can I pee on the newspaper too?!" Huck begged, looking all excited as he watched the dog trot off wagging his tail.
"No!"
"He gets to! Why can't-"
"So what are you going to name him?" Selphie quickly changed the subject, not wanting to argue about where her son was going to urinate.
"Ummmmmm…." The 3 children pondered in unison.
"Wario!"
"Stinky!"
"Marshmallow!"
"Mr. Peabody!" Jilly's voice raised above all the others as the answer to Selphie's question unfolded.
"YEAH!!" April giggled.
"Well….I guess it'll do…" Huck huffed, trying to act cool.
"Let's go teach him some tricks!!" April suggested as the kids ran off to find the dog. Then, Irvine walked up to Selphie watching them leave.
"You must have been pretty out of it when you bought them that dog. Do you know how much it'll cost us with all the vet bills and food and toys?"
"No, I never really thought about it. I just thought it would be nice to have a pet around the house."
"Well, once you hear what it'll cost us, I think your opinion might change a little. I was just counting it up, and in the next year, on that dog, we'll have spent…"
A shrill scream echoed through the mountains.
"What was that?" Huck asked, uncovering his ears. Jilly and April shrugged.
"Maybe it was a bird." April picked up the little dog and kissed him on the nose.
"I don't think birds make sounds like that." Jilly snuffed, grabbing the dog from April.
"Give him back!"
"Nope!! Mom bought him for me anyway!"
"No she didn't!! Mommyyyyyyyyyy!!!!!!! Jilly won't let me play with Mr. Peabody!!!!!!!"
"Tattle-tale!!" Jilly quickly handed the dog over to April, not wanting to face Selphie's wrath.) April stuck out her tongue, smiled, and put Mr. Peabody down.
"Come on, let's go inside, it's starting to get cold!!" Huck whined, rubbing his arms to keep warm.
"Good idea. We'll get some hot chocolate!!" And the three went inside.
That night, Peabody wanted to explore his new home. He was used to being confined in a small cage, but now he was face to face with nature herself. He thought that maybe he would make a few friends in the area, but after exploring, he found there were no other dogs around. He sighed, and wandered down the mountain side in search of adventure, of course, he planned to return home soon. He sat down by a tree to scratch his ear when he heard something rustle behind him-he smelt trouble. He looked behind him to see a big huge bear growling at him. He decided it was best to get lost, so he ran away as fast as he could. When he knew it was safe, he looked around and knew one thing- He was lost.
"Mr. Peabody!!!! Mr. Peabody!!!!!!" Jilly, April, and Huck searched desperately for the dog, but he was nowhere to be found.
"We have to go look for him!!" Huck was almost in tears.
"No you don't, you stay right here. I'm sure he'll turn up eventually." Irvine tried comforting his son. But he never did show up.
That night, Jilly, April, and Huck, all decided it was time to take this into their own hands, so they secretly set off into the mountains to look for their lost dog.
"Damn that dog!! Damn it to hell!!! It's all his fault they left!!"
"It's not the dog's fault, Selphie. We'll just go out and look for the kids! They couldn't have gone very far!!"
"We can't go out and look for them!! We had that out-of-nowhere blizzard last night and there's, what, 4 feet of snow? What if they froze to death??"
"I'm sure they didn't freeze. Now let's go out there and look for them before it snows even more!!" So the two dressed warmly, grabbed a snow shovel, and set off to find their kids.