A note to the readers: In response to the reviewers who asked if this story was going to go on, I don't think it is. It was originally a one-shot fic about Spot in a depressed mood and Maddie cheering him up, but then as I was writing it I thought it would be better to explain Maddie and her life more before the story ended. Reading it now I realize that I probably could have written it to be more chapters than two, but I'd have to re- write the whole thing and I don't really have the patience to do that. I'm not sure if I ended it well. The epilogue was really weird and random; I was in a hyper mood when I did that. (Combine that with leftover chocolate from my little brother's boy scout camping trip and you get Pulitzer moving west with statues and people eating antagonists.) Anyway, I'm glad you liked it, I've never written any fan fiction before and I was a little nervous about how it would go over. Oh, and someone asked how old Helen is. I re-read the part where I tried to explain that and you were right, it was confusing. She's supposed to be around twelve, she was six when her parents died and then she was counting that it had been six years since their death. I think that was one of those things that only makes sense to the author because I already knew what was going on, lol. Sorry about that. I'm probably gong to write more stories, and maybe I'll do something about Maddie's later life. Thank you to my wonderful reviewers, who encouraged me to write more when I thought I was done (and I wound up enjoying it). You guys rock!!!! -moo