apologized to her mate,
           “Kodi, thank you. I’m sorry though honey about the daring water rescue.” She joked. Kodi smiled as Sandy licked his cheek.
          “It’s fine. I’m just glad Attu’s okay.”
           Sandy looked up at her mate with an agreeable smile, and then nuzzled Attu’s muzzle gently. Then she gave Iliamna a playful lick, and got up after Kodi, and herded the two pups on over to the rest of the litter.
          All the pups huddled over Attu.
          “Why’d you hafta fall in the water Attu?” Atka asked obnoxiously.
           Attu glared back at her brother, and her fur bristled.
          “I didn’t mean to fall in the water!” She growled back in askance.
          Atka just sighed obnoxiously and looked away as the other siblings kept pondering with questions about Attu, if she was okay, or not okay.
          Atka was getting jealous out of all the attention his sister was getting.
          Then Sandy herded her pups home.
          “Okay pups, say goodbye to Grandpa Balto.” All the pups barked goodbye and followed their parents home.
 
Chapter 2

            Iliamna soon along with her brothers and sisters grew up together happily. They were now 9 weeks old and were ready for homes of their own.
             Iliamna was extremely excited on the day they were waiting outside in a box for humans to choose them to bring home.
            “I can’t wait! I can’t wait!” Iliamna barked excitedly. Her sister, Amlia had started howling along with their brother, Umnak excitedly, while Iliamna was barking.
           Sandy looked down at her pups smiling and hushed Amlia and Umnak quietly. The two pups both looked more wolf-like than dog-like.
           “Umnak, Amlia, please don’t howl like that. Humans like quiet puppies.”
           When Iliamna heard that, she stopped barking instantly and started racing around the box, playing chase with her brother Adak.
          “Okay kids, look sharp.” Kodi then barked as some humans approached the box.
          “Papa, can we get a puppy?” A little boy asked. His father held his hand and nodded smiling thoughtfully. The boy smiled back at his father and looked down at the pups.
          He saw Adak stop running making Iliamna crashed into Amlia and Attu who both scolded her in irritation.
         The boy smiled at Adak and picked him up happily. “I like this pup, Papa. I’m goanna call him, ‘Hector’.”
         The boy’s father smiled and they walked back to their home close by with Adak, held into the little boy’s arms.
         Adak’s brothers and sisters barked goodbye. But they turned when a mother and her daughter, and their friends a another little girl and her mother came by to the puppies.
        “Momma, can we get a puppy?” One of the little girls asked her mother. The girl’s mother nodded, and girl carefully scanned the puppies. She then picked up Attu. “I like this puppy. We’re goanna call her ‘Anna’.”
          The other mother asked her own daughter if she wanted a puppy. The girl nodded slowly and took a peak at the puppies. Her eyes glimmered and her face brightened as she spotted Iliamna and she picked her up, happily and took her in her arms.
         “I’m goanna call my puppy, ‘Rose’.” The girl replied. Iliamna frowned.
         But I like being Iliamna. I’ve always been Iliamna. Iliamna thought quietly.
        She then waved and barked back at her siblings along with Attu, as their siblings did the same. Iliamna knew she would see them all and her parents soon one day when she got the chance.
          But right now she was going home.
          To her home.  

    


 
 





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