not for this rover. You see, I don't like to steal, ha ha!" he gripped the watch tightly as she turned away, "but I don't buy this deal."

She turned around. Giggling, she began twirling her way towards him. Smirking, Carver dodged her and leapt away.

"And in about three seconds, she will have realized, ha ha" he muttered, beginning to wind the watch behind his back. "And, she's gonna be..."

"Carver what are you doing?" she noticed the change in tone.

"Wait'll you see." He smirked, quickening the winding.

"What's that behind your back?" she asked, drawing near.

"She's gonna be..." he couldn’t help laughing.

Realization hit her. "Oh not again! Carver don't wind that watch!" she made a grab for it.

"SURPRISED!" he shouted as the watch began ticking again.

"Carver!’’ she yelled as he disappeared in a flash of light.

When it died down, she looked at the spot he had previously been standing in. Fuming, she glanced down at the tome that had appeared in her grip. Skimming through, she realized with a start that Carver’s escape had not been foreseen.

"Not again!’’ she muttered, shaking her head in self-annoyance.

A low laugh caught her attention, and she turned and stared at a haloed German shepherd who was shaking his head in disbelief.

"You know Annabelle, if I didn’t know you better I’d say that you were a sucker for any handsome dog offering you to dance! "

Annabelle leered at him "Charles Barkin I blame you for this! " she shot back.

"Me? What did I do?’’ Charlie asked, still sniggering. "It’s not like I told him to do all that! "

"Maybe not, but you were the first to do it, and now I’ve got another escapee running amok!" she grumbled.

Fuming, she shunted past him and disappeared into the clouds above. Shaking his head in amusement, Charlie picked up the tome and skimmed through it.

"We know everything? Yeah right!" he said, trying hard not to laugh out loud.

THE END

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