Cherry's Adventures of Rover Dangerfield

chapter 17

The next day in the chicken coop...

"Well, Maisy, I don't know how ya did it, but Rover seems to be like his old self now." Patch smiled to the white kitten.

"Don't thank me, thank Daisy." Maisy smiled.

"I knew Rover liked her." Colette smirked.

"Mm-hmm." Patch nodded, then looked at the chicken coop at the Hill farm and then saw Rover coming out of the coop with a basket of eggs in his mouth.

"Looks like he's enjoying his new life now." Atticus said.

"I was hoping he would," Patch said about that. 'Something tells me that Rover is destined to stay here, even if he is Connie's pet back in Vegas."

"And as for Raffles and Ellie May?" Colette smiled.

"That might be a problem..." Patch replied since Ellie May was a young pit bull from Tennessee.

"This is something that she will have to decide on her own." Colette said.

Within the day, the others noticed that Rover behaved more and more like a real farm dog. Danny even played fetch with him and Rover brought the stick back like a normal dog would. Raffles and Ellie May were both impressed as Rover helped more around the farm and even kept the sheep in line. And where for the first time in his life; Rover actually got to see snow.

"Snowing already?" Patch asked.

"Christmas seems to come earlier every year, son..." Pongo chuckled as he sat with him and Perdita so they could catch up.

"That it does." Perdita agreed.

"Too bad the others aren't here." Colette frowned.

"Yeah..." Patch quietly whimpered.

"Oh, it's okay, you two..." Perdita soothed. "Colette, your mother absolutely loves Christmas, do you know why?"

Colette thought about it for a moment and merely shrugged.

"Jim Dear brought her home to Darling on Christmas morning." Perdita revealed.

"Ohh." Colette smiled.

"How'd you know that, Mother?" Patch asked.

"Oh, I never told you?" Perdita smiled fondly. "I was good friends with Lady when we were puppies."

"Aw!" Colette smiled.

Patch smiled fondly, then looked over to the chicken coop. Spot was walking by with Lucky, Rolly, and Cadpig.

"Hey, Spot, is it me or is there a turkey next door?" Patch asked the young chicken.

"Huh?" Spot looked over. "Uh, yeah, that's a turkey."

"Let's hear what she's saying." Patch said.

"Oh, Patch, eavesdropping is wrong..." Perdita gave her son a look.

"Sorry, Mom..." Patch frowned.

"Go ahead though, she won't be here long." Perdita then smirked slightly.

"Yeah, she just doesn't know how she's not going to be around long." Patch smirked back before going to the chicken coop.

Colette then went with him.

"And I wonder where Patch got all his mischievous ideas." Pongo smirked to his mate playfully.

"I think it might have been from you." Perdita smirked back playfully.

Pongo chuckled before nuzzling noses with his beloved.

The turkey had an egg in her arms and she seemed to gripe and complain as she wandered around the barnyard. And where this seemed rather entertaining for Patch and Colette. Rover even joined in.

"Now don't you worry about a thing," the turkey set her egg down on the ground. "Mommy's gonna take care of you!"

"What's happenin', babe?" Rover came right behind the bird.

The turkey yelped and grabbed her egg in slight alarm.

"So, you're new around here, huh?" Rover then smirked.

"I am!" the turkey replied. "And I must say, this farm isn't at all what I expected, would you look at this coop?! Why, it's filthy! Oh, look at those fowl creatures, I'm not used to sharing a coop with chickens. Let me just find a new one, I won't be here very long."

"Oh, trust me; you aren't going to stay here long enough for Christmas." Patch smirked.

This made the hens in the chicken coop laugh.

"Well, that would suit me just fine," the turkey huffed, sounding rather snooty. "If you must know, there's absolutely nothing to eat here!"

"Yeah?" Rover laughed with Patch. "Look in a mirror!"

This caused Patch and Colette to burst out laughing while the turkey didn't seem to get the joke. There was then a whistle heard.

"Don't worry about it, Drumsticks," Rover backed up. "You will."

The turkey simply huffed at that. "Well I never in all my life..." she mumbled as she trudged away.