Twicemorethatdayshewaspassedalong， arrivinginLincoln， Nebraska， afterdarkandsotiredthatshecurledupinthefirstdoggiebedshesawdespitethegrowlsofitsrightfulowner.
Withagiftofanewwickersleepingbasketandanote "HappytobepartofthechainreunitingSnoopywithherfamily，" ， SnoopyspedonandbynightfallwasinCedarRapids.
Atnightfallofherfifthdayontheroad， SnoopywasinChicago， ， ， thevetwhoexaminedhertoldthereportersthat， "Foranoldladywho'sbeentravelingallweekandhascomemorethan1300miles， she''sgoingtomakeithometomorrowjustfine." TheTopps， watchingthenightlyupdateofSnoopy'sjourneyontheFortWayneTVstation， brokeintocheers.
ThenextdaywasSaturday， 'sDay， ， andthenSnoopyhadnothingtodobutnapuntilRod'sassistant， Skip， arrivedfromFortWaynetodriveherthe160mileshome.
HoursbeforeSnoopyandSkipwereexpectedinFortWayne， -sizedbannerthat， whenitwasunfurled， read： WELCOMEHOME， SNOOPY？ FROMROCKSPRINGS， WYOMING， TOFORTWAYNE， INDIANA， VIATHEPUPPYEXPRESS， ， theTopps， friendsandfamilyandtheshelter'sstaffallcrowdedintotheshelter'swaitingroom.
Somewhereamidthefussandconfusion， RodfoundtimetodrawNancyasideandgiveherwordthatSnoopywouldbearrivinghomewithherboardingbillmarked "PaidinFull".AnanonymousfriendoftheHumaneSocietyinCasperhadtakencareofit.
ThentheCBradiocrackled， andSkip'svoicefilledthecrowdedroom."Comingin？ ThePuppyExpressiscomingin？"
NancyandJoeandthechildrenrushedoutinthesubfreezingair， ， lightsflashing， sirensounding."Snoopy'shome？" screamedthechildren， "Snoopy'shome？"
Andtherethelittledogwas， 'sdayoutfit， ， afteraweekontheroad， aftertravelingacrossfivestatesfor1，500milesinthecompanyofstrangers， Snoopy'sodysseywasover.
， ， shescrambledacrosstileseatandintoNancy'， ， crying， 'tgiveuponevenitssmallestmemberwasbacktogetheragain.
