Chapter 3. Hello & Goodbye
“He’s my new dog . . .” Sam murmured.
Sam’s mom stood with arms crossed, feet planted on the floor, and her knife held like a weapon. Sam couldn’t tell which she disapproved of more, the enormous beast that sauntered into her kitchen or her husband for bringing him there. Scowling at Randolph Coyote the Third, she stated, “That is not a dog, that is a huge coyote or a wolf. That is a wild animal and does not belong in a house, let alone anywhere near a child.”
Sam thought, I don’t know if Randolph is a dog or a coyote, but I do know he isn’t a wild animal.
“And what is that?” Sam’s mom asked, pointing her knife at the teddy bear.
“Oh, this is Bobbie Bear. Bobbie Bear and Randolph Coyote the Third are friends and travel together,” Sam explained.
“Well, at le
