Miko and the Puppy

By M.R. Harris

When Miko, a cranky spoiled feline, finds out she is going to be sharing her home with a puppy she decides that one of them has to go, and it isn't going to be her! But when the puppy is threatened by attack dogs, Miko experiences a change of heart and is faced with the challenge of her life: To save the puppy.

• Language: English
• Publisher: M.R. Harris
• Release date: Aug 9, 2011
• ISBN: 9781465837257

M.R. Harris

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Miko and the Puppy

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Copyright © 2011 by M.R. Harris

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Chapter One

Miko, a huge silver and white tabby with long silky fur, stretched in the sunlight that streamed through the bay window. Even though the warmth of the sun made Miko drowsy in a happy contented way, and even though she was fed four times a day and her litter box was cleaned twice a day and even though she spent hours lying on her human's laps and purring, she was miserable.

More than anything else, Miko wanted to spend time outdoors in her human's backyard but Matt and Jane Lark never allowed her outdoors. Each day she would look out her window at the Lark's back garden and see the green plants and brightly colored flowers and she would look at the butterflies and the bees and the diminutive sparrows and the eminently climbable oak tree that grew outside the kitchen window. Miko wanted to pad through the garden and smell the tanginess of the onions and feel the thyme brush against the fur of her tummy. She wanted to run through the freshly mown grass and feel the wind in her fur as she chased grasshoppers and butterflies.

Another reason Miko wanted to run away from home was that she didn't like her whole family. A year ago, her humans had seen fit to adopt two scrawny kittens whose only saving grace was that they weren't dogs.

Miko sighed and settled back onto her terrycloth towel and halfheartedly licked her paw as she gazed out the window and lazily tracked the progress of a bumblebee as it droned past. She was soon fast asleep.

Chapter Two

What's she doing? Larry asked Spark. Larry and Spark had just finished cleaning themselves and had curled up together on Matt and Jane's bed for a nice snuggle, but -- to Spark's annoyance -- Larry wanted to chat.

Spark stretched and curled into a ball, If you're that curious, just go look.

Larry got up and nervously kneaded the bedspread and licked Spark's ear for comfort. But she might see me look, and then she would hiss and get all upset and run away ...,

Spark sighed. It wasn't that Larry was wrong, that's probably what Miko would do, but he was mystified why Larry cared. If Miko detested him the way she did his brother he would steer clear of her, but Larry, Spark shook his head. Larry was in love.

Listen, Larry, the crazy one is never going to want to be your friend. She is never going to want to touches noses with you and give you a kiss.

Larry gave Spark a little nip at the base of his tail. "She is not crazy. Just because she sits in the kitchen window all day looking out at the backyard ... well, it just means that she knows what she wants. You needn't be so negative. Just because she doesn't like you ..."

Spark looked at Larry