Dogs Still at the Dump......

In the last episode the dogs had managed to plug in the Robot Dog at the workers shed and had fallen into an exhausted sleep as it had taken quite a lot of the night to organise this act.

At first light most of the dogs awoke and they realised that Robot dog was well charged up and ready to go. 'But first' he said ' I now have to be unplugged'.

Then the dogs remembered that only Fae could fit through the hole in the wall above the drainpipes to unplug the Robot Dog's cord.

While they were looking for Fae and Tyson, the dogs heard the workmen arriving at the Shed and knew they would be in trouble if they didn't unplug the Robot Dog very soon.

Then they found Fae, fast asleep in a little hollow. 'Fae, Fae' said Chan 'Wake up'. But she snored on. 'Come on Fae' said Tyson, ' We need you now'. Fae jumped up as they prodded her and squeaked 'Help help, Oh what's the matter I was asleep and dreaming'.

'Fae' said Boney ' You have to go through the drain hole and pull the plug for Robot Dog'. 'Okay' she said.

The dogs looked at each other and thought they also ought to tell her that the workmen were in the shed but they didn't. Perhaps she would change her mind if they told her there were strangers in the shed.

Fae toddled off to the hole in the wall above the Drain pipes and popped through. It was a lot easier to get through this morning as she had worked off some of the feast and her waistline had reduced a little. She came into the shed from the cupboard under the sink in the lunch room - pushed open the door and walked over to the plug in the wall. She pulled the plug with her teeth and it went zip zip zip -just like a recoiling vacuum cleaner cord and zipped all the way out the hole and into the chest of Robot Dog.

Suddenly Fae was swept off her feet, she screamed, and all the dogs outside the wall froze and stared at the hole. Fae was coughing and screaming all at the same time, there was smoke all around her and it stank. She looked up and found she was being held by a great big red people hand. He had a piece of paper stuck to his lip and it was smoking all over her.

'Well well well, look what I have found Boss, that little Fairy Dog that appeared on the front page of the newspaper, well aren't you a find - you are probably worth quite a lot, and he chuckled and held Fae tight and puffed some more smoke in her face from the paper on his lip'.

'What are you doing Man', shouted the Boss, 'Get out here and get that Bulldozer going, I hope you are not smoking in that shed again'.

While the man was listening to the Boss,Fae relaxed just enough for the Red Man to relax his grip, then she bit his thumb with all her strength. The Red Man yelled and dropped her and Fae shot out through the cupboard and out the hole and kept on running for a while.

When the man yelled he spat his cigarette from his lips and it dropped in the litter bin in the lunch room, he had blood all over his hand. The boss by now had come to see what the trouble was. 'I can smell smoke' he said 'I've told you before, smoking is outside. Get out here and get to work you lazy sod'.

'What happened to your hand', asked the Boss. 'Bloody Fairy Dog bit me' replied the Red Man 'Oh yeah sure, and it flew away on a magic carpet, are you a nut or something', said the Boss.

The rest of the Dogs caught up with Fae and slowed her down, she was still shaking and coughing and they listened to her tale quietly and she cried a bit. 'Where's Robot Dog' Fae asked 'Oh we left him at the shed and came to catch up with you' said Tyson, 'We thought the people had killed you by the way you screamed'.

Fae started to cry, so they all sat down and felt a bit sad together. Chan looked at Fae, and said,' I hope you have had enough of this adventure because this is the day we go home'. Fae cried even louder as she held on to Tyson because she didn't want to leave him behind at the dump.

Just about then there were sirens and people yelling and the dogs looked towards the sound and a big curl of smoke was rising into the sky. The Dump people were running towards it. 'Looks like the bulldozer shed is on fire' one yelled as he ran by. The dogs turned around and ran with the people back towards the Shed. There were even more sirens. As they got close they could see the fire engines and the flashing lights and the police cars with flashing lights and big hoses of water spraying the shed.

The dogs saw Robot Dog standing down by the Fire Engines and went down to where he was. One of the Firemen was using a screwdrive to take a plate off the back of Robot Dog who was smiling and wagging his tail. He then reset a blinking light and screwed the plate back down. 'There you are boy, as good as new' said the Fireman to Robot Dog. The Fireman turned to the Boss of the Shed and said 'Bit of a lucky break you have one of these Robot Dogs on duty. He has a smoke detector and GPS signals to tell us where the fire is'. The Boss of the shed, looked puzzled at the Robot Dog 'I've never seen it before', he said. The Fireman continued 'If he hadn't been here, this Shed would have been burnt to the ground, you have lost no machinery at all. If I was you I would keep it here, it only costs a few cents a week to plug it in and keep it charged and he will tell you when the shed is being interfered with or if there is a fire, I have a manual about them back at the station, I will drop it off some time so you can make best use of him'.

'Okay' said the Boss ' Well it looks like you have got yourself a job Robot Dog'. All the real dogs jumped up and down and cheered.

'Now' said the Fireman, 'we need to have a look and find out the cause of this blaze'. So he and some of his men headed into where most of the smoke had been coming from and where the damage was - the lunch room. 'Ah' said the Fireman 'Looks like it started in this litter bin, as it has completely melted, none of your people smoke inside do they? The Boss of the Shed turned around and looked at the Red man and yelled.

'Speaking of Fires - you are Fired, get out of my sight'. The Red man grumbled and walked away towards the entry gate. The Boss turned towards the Fireman 'He was smoking in here this morning, looks like he dropped his butt in the litter bin to stop me finding him smoking, he had some story about a Fairy Dog biting him, he was covered in blood....' however the Shed Boss stopped at this point because he was starting to sound a little bit silly as well...................

Chan started herding the dogs that were with him towards the ring fence of the dump. He had promised his person they would return to the place she had dropped them in the early afternoon. The light looked about right. One by one the dogs dropped away, some of them running along the fenceline, some of them doubling back into the depths of the dump, but Chan kept Fae moving 'Time to go' he whispered. Fae looked back over her shoulder and there was Tyson on top of a mound of rubbish with his ears back and his chin resting on his paws. The further they walked the smaller Tyson became as Fae looked back. She was crying now so Chan grabbed her by the collar and ran as fast as he could towards the fence.

Just then he noticed there were lots and lots of cars and trucks all along the roadside. Not dump trucks but ordinary family cars and wagons. People from the cars were talking to the dogs, and some of the dogs were getting in cars and trucks and wagons and being driven away.

Chan saw his person and his truck in the distance, so he grabbed Fae's collar again and ran even faster. He dropped Fae at his person's feet, leapt into his truck and reached up and licked his person all over the face. 'Steady Chan' his person said'I have never seen you so pleased to see me. What's the matter with my little Fae. Fae baby, you have done a wonderful thing' her person said picking her up and cuddling her close. Because you got photographed by the people in the whirly birds and your picture was in the paper looking like you were flying, all these people have come to offer to give the dump dogs a new chance of a family life, isn't that wonderful'.

A nice lady came over to Fae and Chan's person and said her name was Kate. Kate had a little girl called Jade. 'We have come to the dump to find a dog just like her' said Kate pointing at Fae. 'Although we would quite like a boy dog'.

Fae's person looked up to the top of the rubbish heap some distance from the fence and saw Tyson still lying up there with his chin on his paws. 'What about Tyson over there, he is a bit of a Cairn Terrier and a nice little dog'. Fae looked up and called Tyson.

'Tyson Tyson' Kate and Jade called out, and Tyson, unsure, came down to the fence. 'Oh he is just lovely' said Kate. Tyson's ears went back to happy normal. I think he is just what we want.

By now Fae was licking Tyson all over the mouth and face. Fae and Chan's person was talking to Kate about Agility and how she was an Agility teacher and suggesting that Kate bring Tyson to learn. Kate said she always wanted to do Agility and yes she would come to class. 'Do you hear that Tyson' whispered Fae ' You are coming to my Agility class, now we will see each other forever after'.

So Tyson went home in a flash white car with Kate and Jade, and Chan and Fae settled into the back seat of their truck and went to sleep immediately. Their person smiled and drove off towards home wondering how exciting Fae's latest adventure had been and thinking there were probably plenty more to be had if she knew her little Fat Fairy who so badly wanted to fly.