One day the pups were happier than they had ever been. All four of them had gotten collars and dog beds. Jenny's collar and dog bed were pink, Miley's collar and dog bed were black, Mark's collar and dog bed were lime green, and Sparky's collar and dog bed were midnight blue. Each of them all also got a chew toy of the exact same color. Jenna got to rest that day, for two reasons. The pups' excitement over their new things kept their interests on the indoors, and it was raining hard outside. Jenny was laying in her pink dog bed shaking, scared of the sound of the rain falling off the roof. Mark and Sparky were playing ghost with one of Jenna's old blankets that Rosie had dug out of the closet for the pups, and Miley was curiously asking Jenna what was happening outside. Jenna, who was wearing her blanket bandana because it was the kind of day for baggy bandanas and collars, carefully considered her daughter's question. "Would it be scary if we walked outside? Jenny's scared." She said, cocking her head and wagging her tail. "No, Miley. The rain is not scary. There is some kind of scary weather, though." She told her daughter. This made Jenny nervous, so she got out of her dog bed and sat in front of her mother with her sister. "What?" She asked, on the verge of tears. "They're called thunder and lightning." Jenna answered her children. "What do thunder and lightning do?" Curious Mark asked. "Thunder is a loud clapping sound, and lightning is a dangerous white light that lights up the sky during a storm. They both mostly happen when it's raining." Jenna explained. Soon the room was filled with chitter chatter about the weather, and Jenna felt she had made a good explaination.
