The Story of Bailey and Gracie

Once upon a time in the land of the Yellow House in the Orchard there lived two fabulously gray Mancats named Gandalf and Grayson. They lived in a Pecan Orchard with pretty gardens and lovely breezes rustling through their pecan trees. They also had their very own singing birdies, rude lizards and evil squirrels to hunt every day. Everybuddy in the land gave their undivided attention to The Gray Boys, practically falling all over themselves to wait on the gorgeous gray Mancats.

Life was good!

Then one overcast, cloudy fall day their Mom brought home two rambunctious, and quite precocious, Black Lab puppies named Bailey and Gracie.

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It only took about two nanoseconds before Bailey and Gracie stoled all of Gandalf and Grayson's Mom and Nana and Grampy's time and attention for themselves! Those pesky puppies used some kind of horrible black magic on their Mom and turned her into a wicked step-mother! Those puppies even cast a spell over their Nana and Grampy, too. All of a sudden, everybuddy was loving on those puppies, spending lots of time with them, and tossing them toys. They even tossed them some of Gandalf and Grayson's favorite mousies! The nerve! In between they were trying to teach Bailey and Gracie to sit, stay, shake and to not potty on the floor! Aaack!

The Gray Boys knew they needed to put a plan together fast to rescue their Mom from those rascally pups! This called for drastic measures! First, The Gray Boys stopped sleeping in the sleeping room. Then they refused to get in their Mom's wicked step-mother's lap anymore.

They thought their plan was working but then one night Gandalf and Grayson overheard their Mom wicked step-mother telling their Nana and Grampy that she would give The Gray Boys a little more time to get used to the puppies.

Ha! That will be the day! thought The Gray Boys, and they kicked their plan up a notch. They started using Nana's couch as a Hidey Hole. They wouldn't come anymore when their Mom wicked step-mother called for them. They even stopped eating and refused their Temptations, their most favorite treat of all!

By the evening of the 5th day, their Mom wicked step-mother started getting very, very sad because she hadn't even been able to touch The Gray Boys in several days.

On the morning of the 7th day their Mom wicked step-mother was crying. Then Gandalf and Grayson saw their Mom wicked step-mother loading Bailey and Gracie into the kennels and then into the car!

As Gandalf and Grayson watched the car pull away they wondered if their plan had worked, or had their Mom wicked step-mother merely taken Bailey and Gracie to the Vet?

Gandalf and Grayson watched hopefully out the window until they saw the car pull back into the driveway. They held their breath. Then they saw something wonderful! No pesky puppies! Their wicked step-mother was gone! Their Mom was back!

Life is good again!

The End.

♫ It's a beautiful morning! ♫
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