The spaniel curled up in her basket with one of my shoes, one of his socks and a packet of biscuits, as if stockpiling.
Every time I give her a treat she rushes outside to dig it into the garden. Tucking some essential treasures into her bed with her, she peeped back at me with soulful eyes.

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