Eric sat by the bonfire on the beach, barely paying attention to his friends laughing and singing. He scratched his dog's ear as he sat calmly in his lap. Suddenly, his head perked up.
"What is it, Max?" Eric asked the dog.
Max started whining, and then jumped up.
One of the friends saw and laughed. "That dog of yours, always getting into mischief, huh? Probably smelled a crab or something."
"Maybe," Eric hemmed, getting up to follow his dog.
The dog stared in the distance. The full moon lit up the beach, but even so, Eric could see nothing.