Yes, I lied...I said that I would update within two days of my last chapter, but I didn't. The best part is that I'm not the least bit guilty!

The next chapter is the grand entrance of Jamie (s)!

Hope you enjoy! And I'm pretty sure that I fixed most of my mistakes from the previous chapters…

Chapter Four: Shipping

"That was a weird dream…" said Dude and Dudette in their respective houses.

Dudette's morning:

Dudette left her house after watching TV, and sure enough, Bob the shipper was waiting outside.

"You look familiar. By any chance do you know someone by the name of Zack?" asked Dudette.

"Zack? He's my long lost big brother! He ran away ages ago!" said Bob.

"He's at Mineral Town. I can give you his address if you want," said Dudette.

"I'll have to tell Tai and Tim right away…oh, by the way, I'm Bob, and I ship things," said Bob. "You have to put stuff in that box, and you'll get money for it. That there is where lumber goes when you chop wood." Bob began to explain the basics.

Dudette nodded. "Yuh-huh, yeah, sure. Okay. So, I'm Dudette. Here's Zack's address…" Dudette wrote on a small slip of paper and handed it to Bob.

"Thanks! I'll remember this Dudette!" said Bob, not even blinking at her name.

"My friend Dude knows more about Zack, if you have other questions," said Dudette.

"Got it. Thanks again," said Bob, leaving.

Dudette blinked, and left her house, stunned at the resemblance of Bob and Zack. Then she entered the house nearest her, Woody's Work Shop.

Woody walked over to her, and Dudette explained that she came because of the Exciting Ranch Plan. Then Woody yelled for his apprentices to come.

"Hi, I'm Joe!" said Joe, the one with the star bandana.

"…I'm Kurt. What's up?" said Kurt.

"Hello. I'm Dudette," said Dudette.

"I…sorry?" said Kurt. "What?"

"I'm Dudette," said Dudette.

"You're kidding," said Kurt.

"Kurt, chill…it's a name," said Joe.

Kurt sighed. "…sorry. Hn, wonder how long you can last as a farmer."

"Me too. I never pictured myself as a farmer. So what do all of you do again?" asked Dudette.

"We're carpenters. We make houses, furniture, all that kind of stuff," said Woody.

Dudette nodded, and smiled. "I should get going now, nice meeting all of you!"

"Bye!" said Joe.

"Later," said Woody.

"See ya, Du-du,du…" said Kurt.

"Dudette, Kurt. Say it with me. Du,dette," said Joe.

"Du….de….du…dette…." said Kurt.

"Inhale, exhale…once more…" said Joe.

"…Dudette. See ya, Dudette…thanks, Joe," said Kurt.

"What are brothers for?" said Joe, grinning.

"I should be offended…but…bye…" said Dudette, waving and leaving.

Dude's Morning:

When Dude finished watching TV, he stepped out, and sure enough, there was Bob! Bob came and shot dozens of questions regarding Zack at him. Dude was completely tired out when Bob was finally satisfied and explained the shipping box and lumber deal to him.

"Bye Bob…" said Dude, yawning.

"Thanks a bunch, Dude!" said Bob.

Dude waved, and then headed for the house nearest his. But before he could do so, a girl stopped by with a puppy.

"Hey! I'm Ellen. I think this puppy would be happier at your farm, don't you? I would give one to the other farmer that moved in, but I only have one dog…" said Ellen, giving Dude a friendly smile.

"I'm Dude, and I'm sure that the dog will be happy here!" said Dude.

"Wow, you're a nice dude…I mean, er…sorry…my tongue slipped, hee hee…" Ellen giggled nervously.

"Don't worry about it," said Dude.

"Are you going to name the dog?" asked Ellen.

"Yeah…it can be…Dude," said Dude.

"Shouldn't you name it something different?" asked Ellen. "Perhaps maybe for variety?"

"Why?" asked Dude.

"…it sounds kinda weird," said Ellen.

"Fine, I'll name him Banana," said Dude.

Ellen rolled her eyes. "Have fun here, Banana."

Banana barked.

Then, Ellen waved. "I have to go now. Take good care of Banana!"

"I will! Take care yourself!" said Dude.

When Ellen left, Dude went to the closest house there was…which happened to be Blue Sky Ranch, or Ellen's house/shop.

"You came!" said Ellen as if they didn't see each other a minute ago.

"I couldn't stay away," said Dude sarcastically.

"That's my dad," said Ellen, when the shopkeeper came forward.

"Hi, I'm Hank. This here shop sells ingredients such as eggs and milk, and then some. Get a barn or a chicken coop and we'll talk more," said Hank.

"And here's an animal notebook. I wrote it myself," said Ellen.

Dude accepted the notebook. "I'd better go and see who else lives here! Thanks for the notebook."

"Bye!" said Ellen.

"Goodbye," said Hank.