Chipi was resting peacefully, taking a nap along with Copper and Chief since she had to be tied up anyway and being asleep at least stopped her from being bored. As Chipi lay there, though, she was suddenly awoken by a quick rustling of the bushes. The puppy stirred, and raised her head to glance around the yard. Everything appeared to be in order and Chipi was about to dismiss the whole thing, when she heard the voice.
"Aww, shoot! I missed!" a young voice whispered from one of the bushes near the porch of Amos' house. Chipi tilted her head and began to walk out further as she stared in curiosity at the bush. Suddenly, though, the puppy got her answer as to what was inside of it. With a pounce, Binx leapt out of the bushes and extended his little claws as he sailed towards where Copper was, still sleeping.
Yet, the young fox missed the hunting dog and instead kept on sailing though the air right over Copper's head and crashed into the bushes near the fence. Apparently this attack maneuver was how Binx had landed in the bushes near Amos' house, he aimed for Copper and just kept going.
"Durn it! Missed again!" Binx cried from the bushes, possibly a bit to loud of his own good, but neither Chief nor Copper woke up. Chipi laughed slightly as she padded over as close to the bush as her leash would allow, which wasn't far at all. "Hey Binx!" she called, "What'ya doing?". Binx soon emerged from the bushes and shook some of the broken branches from his fur.
"Shh! You'll wake em!" he whispered, motioning behind Chipi to where Chief and Copper were sleeping, before creeping closer, "and they can't wake up before I rescue you" the young fox continued. Chipi looked confused, "rescue me from what?" she asked. Binx just stared at her for a moment, "R-resucue you from what! Why from those vicious dogs who trapped you!".
Chipi looked confused again and glanced behind her, "What? You mean Copper and Chief!" she asked. Binx looked confused, "Uh--if you're naming your captors then--I guess so" he answered hesitantly. Chipi laughed, "Binx! They didn't kidnap me!" she said. Binx looked shocked, "You mean you went willingly!" he said. Chipi laughed again, "No, I come over here all the time! Chief and Copper watch out for me".
Binx scrunched his nose up in thought, "Then why are you tied up?" he asked. Chipi glanced down at her rope leash, she'd forgotten. The puppy frowned as she looked back at her friend, "That's why I couldn't meet yall earlier, my master's all worried I'll get lost again so he tied me up here". Binx looked shocked, "Ya mean you're punished!" he said. Chipi shook her head, "Nope, Copper says it's not punishment--but whatever it is I don't' like it".
Binx sighed, "Yeah, I'm not to crazy 'bout it either" he said. He turned his gaze to the rope once more and began to circle Chipi, looking at it. "eeh" he grimaced, coming to a stop in front of the puppy again, "I never seen anything like it! I mean, my mom'll ground me and say I can't leave the den, but--golly!". Chipi nodded with a sigh, "yeah, I know".
"Well, maybe I can get it off" Binx said, brightening up suddenly. Chipi sighed, "I don't know, I think these things have been made unbreakable!". Binx smirked, "Kid, there aint nothin' been made that's unbreakable for a fox!" he said, "just hold tight!". With that, Binx hopped around behind Chipi and took part of the rope in his mouth, tugging and biting at it.
Chipi watched as Binx rolled and tugged and pulled at the rope, occasionally pulling her down in the process. Yet, Chipi would just stand back up and watch Binx go at it again. As Binx seemed to have a grip on it and began inching off to the right, Chipi heard a slight cracking sound. She glanced over and noticed that the wood around the loophole in Copper's barrel where both her's and Copper's rope leashes were tied was splintering and cracking.
The puppy looked slightly worried as the break in the wood became more and more as Binx continued inching farther and farther back. As he came to the end of the rope's slack, the young fox closed his eyes and tugged as hard as he could. With a great pop, the section of wood broke off of the barrel and went flying, hitting Copper in the head.
"Come on!" Binx called as Copper shook his head somewhat groggily, "Midnight and Scuff are waiting!". With that, Binx and Chipi charged off and had just disappeared into the woods, with Midnight coming out to run along with them, as Copper glanced around briefly to see what had woken him. Seeing nothing amiss in the yard, and not alert enough to noticed Chipi's absence, Copper shrugged and laid his head back down.