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Visitors Come

There was a hustle and bustle of activity the next morning getting everything
ready for visitors. "Do you think they’ll want to be on my soccer team?" said

Tucker. "Of course not," Bonsai scoffed. "You know I stayed there at
Laurence’s Lodge for a couple of days, right? Well clearly they’ve missed the

opportunity to pat me constantly since I left there, and they want to come and
make up for lost time."

"Don’t be silly" Chloe retorted. "You know Laurence loves me and they’re just
coming to see me!" "Well, I’ve heard that Andrew’s a bit of a decent chap,"

said Charlie. He might be good for a bit of attention if the Dogfather is going
to be consumed by Zac." "I still remember last time they came" said Tucker.

"They brought Pixie Chick and we all played chasey. She was a decent sort."
"Oh yes, she was great fun" they all agreed.

"I remember when her and

Bootlace stayed with us for
holidays and she would yodel for
dinner" said Rosie. "I’ve tried

that since, but it doesn’t seem
to work for me in quite the

same way." "Well, it didn’t
always work first time for Pixie

either" said Maisie. "Do you
remember she pushed Ma in the

back of the legs once because
she was taking too long to get
our dinner ready and wasn’t

paying enough attention to
Pixie’s song." "Oh yeah, that’s

right! Ma was quite surprised.

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