Article January 17, 2000 Issue

101 WIGGLES

Carol Sjoquist Rockwood

Cricket was a Dalmatian, a white puppy with black spots, filled with wiggles right down to her tail. She and Alexander loved to play tug of war with one of Daddy's old slippers. Each school day, Cricket waited as patiently as any puppy can for Alexander to jump off the bus from kindergarten. Then Cricket would run out to meet him.

One winter day Cricket was very quiet, though. When she didn't want to play tug of war, Alexander thought she just needed to rest. But the next morning she was shivering and didn't want to eat anything. She stayed curled up in her bed and barely gave her tail two wags when Alexander patted her goodbye on his way to school.

After Alexander left, Mommy wrapped Cricket in a blanket and started to pray. It was natural for their family to pray whenever anyone in the family, including the pets, wasn't feeling well. And they had had many healings by turning to God. But that morning Mommy began to think about how much work she had to do, and about how little she knew about taking care of a shivering puppy. So she decided to call a veterinarian. When the vet heard how Cricket was acting, he was concerned and wanted to see her right after lunch.

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