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Avery was a little girl that grew up her entire 

life with a gift.   A gift that no other person 

knew she had.   Avery had the gift of gab with 

her hounds.   Her first thought was that she 

needed to tell her parents right away. But 

Avery was a lil trickster of a girl.   Oh how 

funny it would be to watch! Dad would talk to 

the dogs and and get everything backwards.  

It made Avery smile that only she knew about 

her gift, and they would giggle and laugh at 

him. 

Every morning Avery would wake up with her Papa and 

Mom, and they would go to their favorite swimming hole.  

Avery loved her pond, and swimming with her dogs.  

Most little girls would be afraid of such things, but she 

always had her parents and hounds.   Every morning Boo 

would assure Avery that she and the other dogs would 

protect her forever.   If things ever got scary, and she 

couldn't find mom or dad, she could always ride the 

bucking bronco, Artemis, to safety.

One morning after a day of swimming at her pond, Avery 

decided she wanted look for flowers for her mother.  

Avery knew she was not to leave the pond without her 

parents, but she really wanted to surprise them with the 

gift.   So Avery told her mom and dad that she wanted to 

play hide and seek.   She told them to close their eyes.  

Once her Parents closed their eyes for a split second, 

Avery dashed off into the woods on the back of her Dog, 

Artemis.   Tucker pleaded with Avery to come back, 

knowing that Avery would get into trouble.   Avery 

laughed and told tucker not to be a worry wart.   Boo and 

Oden chased after Artemis and Avery, but Artemis was 

just too fast.

Avery and Artemis laughed and screamed with glee as they 

jumped over logs and splashed through the puddles.   Time 

flew by as they played and ran through the timber.   As they 

got deeper and deeper into the woods, Artemis slowed and 

asked Avery if she knew where they were.   The pond turned 

to swamp, and fog formed that was thick and heavy.   Each 

step was more frightening than the last.   A coyote howled in 

the background as the day turned to night.   A raccoon 

dropped from a large oak tree and laughed at the young pair.  

The raccoon hissed and scratched at the two! Artemis jumped 

in front of Avery and sounded off with a very scary bark, 

yelling, "GO AWAY BANDIT FACE, LEAVE US ALONE!"   The 

raccoon ran away and Avery looked to Artemis and said, "I 

want to go home now, this place isn't safe".   Artemis agreed, 

but they were both lost and had no idea where to go!

Little did Avery know that Boo and Oden had not given up on 

finding them.   Oden had a super nose that he used to follow 

Avery's scent.   Oden and Boo ran as fast as their legs could move, 

because they knew the deep swamp was a dangerous place at 

night.   While Oden and Boo did their best to catch up to the lost 

pair of girls, the swamp began to come alive with animals.   All of 

a sudden, lurking in the tree tops sat a mountain lion!   This lion 

knew it could swallow little Avery up in one gulp, and make short 

work of the little pup Artemis.   The lion crept to the edge of the 

limb and flew to the ground, roaring and giving Artemis and Avery 

a terrible fright!   The lion leaped through the air, and as it 

reached Avery, Oden tackled the beast from the side, and a great 

battle ensued.   Boo snatched Miss Avery up by the seat of her 

pants, and took off   for home with Artemis close behind.   Oden 

and the giant lion battled for hours before it was beaten.   The 

giant cat fled to its trees and Oden returned home victorious!  

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