Adoption day came. The puppies went. So did the kittens. Felipe hid in the back room. After a while, Mrs. Barrett joined him. She was closing the shelter when the gentleman returned with Claudette. “I am bringing her back,” he said. “She is not the dog I thought she was. She doesn’t play or chew or run in circles. She doesn’t even bark. All she does is mope.”
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