then Beau, who thought watching television was a bad habit, initiated games of hide-and-seek with us at night. Hopping off the couch, he crouched on the carpet in a playful position. then he hid, often behind the couch, and waited to be fished out. His antics mobilized the entire family-even Dad as we chased him around the house, searching and laughing.
Finally we had everything a family could possibly want-a house of our own, a loving family, and our very own pet, at last.