The kids and I were heartbroken for them. We wrote a little story imagining what might have happened to Stubbs and what grand efforts he was making to return to the Pearson home. Let's just say it included magic tomales, a super-hero cape, and a helpful prairie dog with a map of Denver in his pocket. Grace illustrated the story. She was 3. We entitled our story "Super Stubbs."
Here is the opening paragraph:
There once was a dog named Stubbs. Everyone loved Stubbs, but his family loved him best. Why did they love Stubbs? He was small but he could jump as high as 100 stacked corn dogs. His nose was smooshed into his face and his tail was a big as your thumb, but it could wag 100 miles an hour if he liked you. He would lick you like a popsicle and he could drag you down the street on a leash if you weren't careful. (ask Noah about that!)
At the end of the story, Stubbs is joyfully reunited with his family with a big happily ever after. We color-copied the story and gave it to Aaron and Stacey, so hopeful that Stubbs would find his way home. It didn't happen. Eventually, they bought another Boston named Henry, equally adorable. But we kept our copy of the story on our book shelf for posterity.
The end. NOT!
We returned from our vacation on Monday to some incredible news. Stubbs was home. Six years later, a lot grayer, partially blind, but still remembering their hand command to sit! Stubbs had been found by animal control as a stray, scanned for a microchip, which Aaron and Stacey's vet had placed in him as a puppy, and **TAH-DAH** returned to his real family!
Now that is a better ending!
My singular question to Stacey...was he wearing a cape?
Lots of tears reading this - Thank you Jill!! We will always remember the great end to the Super Stubbs story. Stubbs is happily living back home with us in Fort Collins, Colorado and has spent most of the last week sleeping, snoring loudly through his smooshed nose, and teaching his little brother Henry some basic training commands. Henry is learning some manners finally from his big bro! Stubbs will need some dental work and potential eye surgery, but otherwise is in great health :) Thanks everyone for your support, and especially Jill and Dave's family - you guys gave us the hope that Super Stubbs might just return someday...and he did!
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