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Smokey Cat Takes a Vacation
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Smokey Cat sat in the sunshine.
He stretched.
The sun was warm.
He looked through the window.

Joshua Dog was outside.
Joshua was Smokey's friend.
Smokey wanted to go outside.

Smokey Cat sat by the door waiting to go out.
Nobody opened the door for him.
So Smokey waited.

At suppertime, Smokey's person filled a bowl
with dog food for Joshua Dog.
Then Smokey's person opened the door to let Joshua come inside.

Smokey Cat ran out the open door.

He ran down the driveway.
He ran across the neightbor's yard.

Smokey Cat had disappeared.

Joshua Dog was worried.
Smokey Cat was Joshua's friend.
Where had Smokey gone?

Smokey's person was worried, too.
"Let's go look for Smokey," the person said to Joshua.

So Joshua Dog put on his leash.
He took his person outside to look for Smokey Cat.

Joshua and his person walked all around the house.
They didn't see Smokey anywhere.

Then they walked around the block.
But they didn't see Smokey by any of the houses.
Where could Smokey be?

Finally, they walked around the next block.
But they couldn't see Smokey Cat.

Joshua Dog and his person went back to their house and ate supper.

After supper, Joshua went outside again.
He walked around the block with his person.
Joshua Dog was happy now.
He knew where Smokey was.

Joshua Dog's person said,
"You aren't worried any more.
Do you know where Smokey is?"
Joshua tried to tell his person what he knew.
But his person couldn't understand dog language.

When night came, Joshua went to bed in his dog house.
Their person went to sleep in the house.

In the morning, the person got up and went outside.
He was going to look for Smokey Cat again.

"Joshua!" the person called.
"Let's go look for Smokey."

Joshua Dog came out of his doghouse.
He had a big smile on his face.

Right behind Joshua came a sleepy Smokey Cat.

Smokey had taken a vacation in the back yard!

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