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
