Best Friends

 The abundance of life in Appaloosa Plains really was quit astounding to Anjel.

She was more than happy to have that abundance make its way to her front yard if it wanted to be there.

Never in all of her life had she ever seen a  deer wandering down the main street of a town before ... as if it was headed to the post office to send some mail ... maybe to Santa Claus to let him know that her spy work on the children of this fair town had gone well and that there would be very few (if any) coal in anyone's stalkings stockings.  :OD))

And the animals ... well, most of them, were quite friendly.  Perhaps Anjel had been spoiled by life in the city where animals were just as distrustful of sims as sims were of one another.  Here, it wasn't quite like that.  People were fairly friendly, though there was the occasional weirdo wandering about.  And the animals were more so.  Granted, this beautiful beast belonged to someone and therefore was very used to people.  Anjel wondered if she would ever come to be friends with a creature like this one ... but in a more permanent I-provide-food-and-shelter kind of way.  Birds were nice, but it really would be nice to have something a bit ... well ... MORE ... so Anjel checked the papers.  On her face day in Appaloosa Plains, she had checked the papers to see if anyone had an animal they wanted to part with ... whether to sell or for adoption, but there was nothing.  When she checked THIS time ... she got lucky!

One of her neighbor's dog had given birth to puppies and he was giving them away!  Anjel was well-aware of the fact that you really needed to be cautious when going to someone's personal home to adopt a pet ... especially if that person wasn't a renowned breeder.  No, her neighbor was just a guy with a pet who had been a bit too promiscuous with one of the neighborhood animals.  But when Anjel first set eyes on the clumsy little creature gnawing at the  legs of her neighbor's coffee table, it was love at first sight.  Belle came home with her that very afternoon.

Anjel loved watching this little bundle of warmth and fur wander around her new home.  She found herself laughing as the little thing nibbled at her kibble.  Belle could very easily fit into her food bowl - that's how tiny she was.

Four or five more puppies could have fit into the same bed that she slept in.  She was just so tiny!  There were so many "awwwwwwwww" moments as Anjel spent more time with her new little friend.

One of those times was when she gave little Belle a chew doggie bone from the toy box she purchased at one of the local pet stores.

Belle practically tripped over her own large front paws trying to pounce on it.  Once she had a handle on how to move her legs without tripping over them, she plopped down on the wood floor and gnawed away.  "Awwwwwwwwww!"

As time moved forward, Anjel knew that she would need to spend as much time as sim-ly possible with Belle, because she would not be a puppy forever.  They spent many fun-filled afternoons at the local Dog Park getting exercise and sun.  Those were great times.

And just as she feared, Belle's puppy days came and went in a flash ... LITERALLY!

Belle would no longer be able to fit in the palm of Anjel's hand.  She was a big dog now - full of vivacity!  She was a quiet dog, quiet, but proud.

But that was definitely wonderful in its own way.  Yes, Belle was no longer a puppy, but that just opened up a whole new world of possibilities for the two of them as they continued on their path of life together ... as BFF!