One morning, Cedric heard a knock on the door. He saw the lady open it and in walked a little white dog. She was very happy and wiggly. She is a Maltese named Paisley Marie. She tried to play with Cedric, but he was very bothered by her playful ways. He tried to be nice when the lady wanted him to be, but he wasn't very good at it. He might get to play with her again and he might be able to be nicer since he found out that Paisley Marie did not want to eat his rawhide chews at all.
One summer day the lady took Cedric to play near the pool. He saw a very large round thing that he had never seen before. It was incredible! It was huge! It floated dreamily around on the water and, oh, how Cedric wanted that thing! He trembled with excitement whenever he saw it. The lady held him up to it and told him that it was called a 'red ball'. Cedric was very happy that he got so close to it, but it was in the pool and he was very afraid of the water, so he didn't want to get in the pool and chase the red ball. He decided to stay on the ground and bark at it instead.
