Then I looked in the mirror. I lookedlike I was twelve or thirteen! Definitely not nine!"Thank you Mommy! I look older don't I!" I stated. I was very ...happy with theway I looked. Mom had done laundry today so my favorite outfit was clean. Igrabbed the Pink blouse and gray jumper and quickly got dressed. I slipped onmy Mary Jane's and I was ready to go.Just then the door bell rang. Dad called up that Janet and a young 'princess'were here to see me. Mom and I came downstairs to Janet in her green. “Dogs make friends easier that people do, assuming the dog is trained and not abused. There is a top dog for the area, more wolf actually, he will make friends. A pack leader like that ends a lot of the fighting and foolishness. The vet only allows dogs that fit in.”She asked, “If they patrol with dogs, does that mean they don’t have a rat problem?” Rats are one of our fair city’s dirty secrets, and a constant terror for a mother with a child.“They have pretty good control of rats, and most. There were a couple of pets to look after, but besides that, it would mostly be me sunbathing and lying by the pool. I was thin, with budding breasts, blue eyes, dark black hair that came down mid back, and freckles across the bridge of my nose. I fed the parrot, a sickly looking thing that looked like death was at its doorstep, I fed the cat, and last the big lug of a golden retriever named Barney. I fed him and played tug of war with a rope toy he had and let him out to do his business. I let. Ramona wasn't tired, and she was fascinated by what she was hearing from her children. It sounded to her like a carbon copy of what she and Robert had done when they were young ... younger even than these two.For their part, as the children realized she wasn't going to fly off in a rage every time they added something to their story, they felt much more comfortable telling it. They were amazed at how they got a sense of freedom out of giving up the secrets they had been so careful to keep. They.