Stripes grinned, getting up, as she was getting ready for the day as she could not wait to see what her friends were up to, plus her birthday was coming up which the female kit was excited about which her mom, Beth knew about seeing her scampering into the kitchen, wearing a red shirt with short sleeves which she thought cute, guessing her friend she hung out with in the forest, who she talked about at dinner every night seeing she was excited about the day.
"Whoa slow down, the forest isn't going anywhere sweetie, plus does your friend
Stripes was unsure because only Bert had figured out that her mom was human and also a forest ranger, like Schafer's owner only their other friends did not, putting go have fun and adventures her bowl in the sink, waiting for her mom to leave, before she went to her room to get her backpack which would be soon seeing her mom get her keys leaving have fun and adventures in the forest, while her mom was helping the forest.
"I have to go, but I'll be back later, alright?" she said seeing Stripes nodding in reply hugging her mom's leg seeing her leave the house, waiting for the car to leave the driveway before she could go hang out with her friends, especially Bert excitedly scampering upstairs to her room, grabbing her backpack, which had what she needed leaving her room, going downstairs leaving the house.
She ran deep, into the Evergreen Forest getting onto her two feet hearing laughter, which was coming from the lake going there seeing Bert and the gang there making her happy, huggimg a soaking wet Bert making him chuckle, as he knew she had missed hanging out with them.
"We're just swimming, you know?" he told her, making her wonder where Melissa and Ralph were, hearing Bert say they were busy making Stripes's curiousity ignite plus Bert's friend, Cedric noticed Stripes was wearing a red shirt, makimg Bert chuckle, since he knew Stripes's birthday was coming up, so they were planning a surprise for the female kit which her mom was helpimg with, since meeting Melissa and Ralph, which Stripds had no clue about, along with Bert.
"So that's her friend she talks about, he's cute." Beth said hiding behind a bush.
"Yeah of course I wanna swim, my mom taught me how." Stripes said.
They were having fun swimming along with doing cannonballs amusing Beth, as she was curious, about what her kit did while she was at work, even though Stripes told her at dinner, she was still curious happy that Stripes had friends plus wanting to make her birthday special, going to find Ranger Dan leaving Stripes be.
After swimming for most of the morning, they were having lunch making Stripes excitable, knowing they were having peanut butter and jelly sandwiches along with drinking lemonade, knowing it made her a little riled up but they were playing baseball in a while which would help her with the energy boost.
"So what do you wanna do now?" Stripes asked makimg Bert grin, getting a catcher's mitt makimg her grin, deciding to play baseball seeing Bert pitching hard, as she hit it against the baseball bat sending it flying high, which Bert missed unaware it ad ended up hitting one of the windows in Cyril Sneer's mansion making him very annoyed.
"We should get it back, before Cyril flips out." Bert said to Stripesas they were doing so getting the baseball back, relieving Stripes hearing her watch beeping, making her realise she had to go home, making Bert understand, hugging her, before she left, making him chuckle, going back to Melissa and Ralph.
"So what did you do today, while I was at work sweetie?" Beth asked Stripes.
It was now early evening and Stripes had gotten home before her mom had returned, unaware she'd been watching her with her friends or eating peanut butter and jelly sandwiches with Bert, or that she was planning something for her birthday or that she had accidentally sent a baseball flying through one of Cyril Sneer's windows by mistake, which had led to adventure for her and Bert.
"Nothing much, mom, Bert and I were just hanging out." she replied to her drinking milk.
After dinner, they were watching TV before bed, sitting on the couch drinking hot cocoa, as it would relax them, plus Stripes hoped that Bert was alright, making Beth understand, seeing her getting ready for bed but was tired after everything she had done with Bert after writing about it in her adventure journal, before falling asleep.