Cookie, A Beating Heart, and a Few Fingers to Lick
Charlie came to her new home with "Cookie" and kept it close by during those first few days away from Layla G-Lo and Zayde brought their cute little puppy home and began introducing her to her new surroundings. It was hard at first for the puppy be away from her mom and her brothers and sisters, but after a couple of days, she got very comfortable living in Portland with her new humans. The nighttime was the most difficult, because Charlie was used to sleeping next to her mom and siblings. G-Lo and Zayde put their puppy in a little carrying case and set it next to their bed when they when to sleep. That way, Charlie could look out the sides of the case and see that they were nearby. She slept pretty well, but sometimes she woke up and started crying. Whenever that happened, G-Lo unzipped a small part of the door of the carrying case and slipped her fingers inside. Charlie sniffed them and licked them until she fell back to sleep. Inside the case, Zayde placed a stuffed a