6 Months laterChapter #3: Penny's Life
Penny gazed at the small squirrel nibbling on an acorn. Quick and silent as a deer, she ran to the squirrel and cuffed it around the neck with her paw. The limp creature fell to the ground, dropping it's nut. Satisfied, Penny began to eat the squirrel. (sorry to all those squirrel lovers, what am I supposed to do?

) Then a growl clutched the young dog's ears. A tall, brown dog stalked up, eyeing the squirrel. Penny growled back at the Great Dane as it leaped at her. Dodging to one side quickly, she was able to bite him on the leg. The dog turned around, lunging at her but she was too quick. She leaped over him and kicked his underbelly. As he fell on the ground, Penny climbed on top of him. The dog whimpered, and Penny let him go as she collected her squirrel and went home. The willow tree