Growing Expectations
Grumbling in his sleep, Aiden tossed and turned in the morning heat, bed sheets tangling around his soft thighs and thick tail before the sun finally won out and woke him. Rubbing over his snout and eyes as he slowly sat up, Aiden couldn't help but...
Of Diets and Defiance [2/2]
The last bell of the day rang throughout the school grounds. Its electronic tone droned on as it echoed down the halls and signaled the end of the day. Kicking open the doors to the main entrance, Deklan growled and grumbled to himself while storming...
The Definition of Enabling
"But mo-om!" Kazan groaned, "We can handle ourselves at home!" "Yeah! We don't need a babysitter anymore!" Deklan begged. Their parents had been invited to a short vacation with a few of their father's colleagues. However, given the nature of the...
Friendly's New Friend - Chapter Five
It wasn't very long before Friendly's parents came home again. Both Timothy and Friendly rushed down the stairs together as they heard the car pulling into the driveway. "I know! Let's hide so they'll wonder where we are" suggested Friendly. "Okay!"...
Brotherly Love
Friday afternoon, the most anticipated time of the week! The school bell rang and the halls were filled with the happy hustle and bustle of children excited for the weekend. "Hurry up, Kaz!" Koar cried out by the classroom door, "We don't have all...
Trials of Capacity
Since Aiden arrived to the States with little more than a month left of school, Liam saw no need in enrolling him just yet. So, to the canids' great jealousy, his father decided to opt out of sending him to school, simply waiting until the fall...
Of Diets and Defiance [1/2]
Endless hours of mindless cartoons clamored in the background, the TV's racket having faded away into distant droning. On opposite ends of the couch lay Kazan and Deklan, their heads propped up by the armrests as they lazily slept the afternoon away....
Nobody's Good at Everything
Nobody's Good at Everything Dim winter sunlight refracted through large windowpanes soaked in condensation, spilling weak beams of light across a small part of the town's 'FunPlex' indoor play centre, while the aging heaters below softly creaked...
All Friends Furever
Flush green leaves rustled in the gentle late-summer wind as the morning sun warmed the air. Some of them were already preparing for the onset of autumn, with ridges of gold, brown and red appearing. Inside a modern, neo-eclectic suburban house, an...
Arturo and Biro go to Camp - Chapter Six
Arturo and Biro go to Camp (Chapter Six) So the boys all ran over to their bikes. Biro on his favorite blue bike. Friendly onto his darker blue bike. Jake onto his black bike, and Timothy on his little red bike with training wheels. "I love to...
Big Trouble for Jake
Basking in the warm, mid-summers' morning sun, flush green leaves hung silent and still, glistening with raindrops from the previous night's heavy rain, dropping occasional fat drops of lukewarm water onto unsuspecting travellers along the dirt path...
It's a Dog's Life
Raindrops, thousands upon thousands of raindrops fell from the grey, murky sky above a green prairie-style wooden house, splashing into puddles on the pavement and into soft, muddy ground on the lawn. Others pitter-pattered on the window sills of the...