Lucy the Master Mind

Bailey and Lucy are the best of friends.  They have known each other for about 5 years now.  Bailey and Lucy are my mom’s two crazy dogs.  Though Bailey out weighs Lucy by about 30 pounds, they still like to wrestle, play tag, go on walks together and get into trouble together.  Lucy always seems to be the instigator. 

            One day Lucy was missing and she had been for about 30 or so minutes.  My mom, sister and I looked every where for her, under the bed, under the deck, behind the couch, in her kennel, and even behind the bushes. 

            We had basically given up trying to find her. So my sister, not excepting an answer, asked Bailey where Lucy was.  Bailey did three little circles because she was excited that Bethany, my sister, had talked to her and said a word that bailey knew.  Bethany thought it was cute the way Bailey got so excited so she asked her again in a more playful tone.  Bailey did a little circle and then a big one towards the back of the yard.  Mom and I were just standing there waiting to see what would happen next.  Bethany asked again in a playful tone, “Bailey where’s Lucy?  Where is she?  Huh, Huh? Where’s Lucy?”  This time bailey ran to the back of the fence and started to sniff the bushes a little, then came back to us. Bethany asked bailey again and Bailey ran to the back fence and barked.  We all went to the back fence to see what bailey was up too. 

            When we got there we saw Lucy on the other side of the fence.  She was waging her tail and sticking out her tongue as if to say, “Hi, I am here. How’s it going?”

            Lucy is like the master mind of all things trouble.  If Bailey tried it, Lucy probably did it and got away with it once already.


This story tells of a time when I mom's dog Lucy got lost and Bailey, my mom's second dog, found her.  I was reminded of this story by the Pixar stories.  The story of Lucy and Bailey is so animated with life and adventure.  Also, like to big bird and the little birds, Lucy and Bailey are different in size as well.  Bailey seems to have more common sense and Lucy seems to judge situations a little to quickly.