Aweeklater, $."Iwishtheold-timePonyExpresswasstillinexistence," heremarkedtohisassistant, Skip."They' dhavebroughtthedogback."
"They' ' vebeenaPuppyExpress," Skipjoked.
Rodthoughtforaminute."Bygolly, thatmaybetheanswer." HegotoutamapandalistofanimalsheltersinWyoming, Nebraska, Iowa, IllinoisandIndiana, ? Wouldenoughpeoplebelieveitmatteredsoforalittleseventeen-year-olddogtobereunitedwithherfamilythatthey' ddriveahundredorsomileswesttopickherupandanotherhundredorsomileseasttodeliverhertothenextdriver?
Aweeklater, RodcalledtheTopps."' scominghome!" hetoldNancyjubilantly.
TheanimalcontrolofficerinRockSpringshadvolunteeredtobeSnoopy' , thevetbundledSnoopyinasweaterandcarriedhertothecar."She' sgotacold," thevetsaid, "."
."You' rewelcome, oldgirl," thevetsaid, shakingit."It' !"
Theydrovethe108milestoRawlings, , who' ."Whatafunny-lookinglittleseriouscreatureyouaretobetravelinginsuchstyle," sheteased."Imagine, privatechauffeursacrossfivestates." Butthatevening, whenshephonedRodinIndianatoreportthatSnoopyhadarrivedsafelyinCasper, shecalledher "adearoldgirl" , andadmittedthat, "Ifsheweremine, I' dgotoalotoftroubletogetherback, too."
SnoopywenttobedatCathy' shouseanondescriptlittlebrown-and-whitedog, verylonginthetooth, , dazedbythecamerabut, asalways, polite, , inFortWayne, theToppswerecaughtbetweenlaughterandtearsastheysawtheiroldgirlpeeroutatthemfromthetelevisionset.
