Toy Trouble ~ A Photostory

"I can't wait!" Charlie said as she packed her toys into her backpack.

Taryn had gone to town with The Human and Charlie had the whole day planned...she was going to play with her toys outside.

Once all of her toy were packed she went outside.

Soon she found a good place to sit and dumped out her backpack.

(Some cute pictures of Charlie playing. <3 )

Finally Charlie needed to go to the washroom. But something felt wrong...

Charlie scanned the lawn. "No," She thought. "You're just imagining it. No one is watching you." 

But just to be safe she thought she would bring in her toys.

She was almost finished when she heard something in front of her.

She looked up and gasped.

"No. No. No no no no...." Charlie whispered.

Boulder was staring at her!

She measured her chances. She might run for the door, but Boulder between her and the house. But she had to get off of the ground.

So she slowly and steadily stood up.

Suddenly Boulder crunched down, like he was getting ready to charge, then he began running full tilt toward her!

She threw her arms up in front of herself, dropping her backpack.

She felt him slam into her legs.

"Oof!" She grunted as she fell over. But Boulder wasn't on top of her like she had expected. 

Charlie slowly sat up and opened one eye.

Boulder was chewing on her backpack.

"Hey! Give that back!" Charlie cried as she jumped up.

But Boulder had already taken off across the lawn, with her backpack.

Charlie sighed. "This is not how I wanted to spend my day."

All the way across the lawn Boulder stopped and picked something up off the grass, took one of her toys out of the backpack, and tried to put the other thing in.

'Hmm... Maybe I can sneak up on him.' Charlie thought.

So with tiny, tiny steps she sneaked closer and closer.

Then, She stepped on a little stick. And who knew such a little stick could make such a big noise!

And Boulder took off a lot faster then she had expected.

"No! Wait! Ugh." 

Charlie noticed her chipmunk on the ground at her feet.

"Oh! Are you all right?!" she cried as she looked him over then she took him in to the house.

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Once she came back outside she tried to think where Boulder might go next.

'Hmm...Oh! he'll be napping on the front lawn!"

Charlie was right. Boulder was napping on the grass with the backpack between his legs.

"I suppose I'll have to sneak up on him." Charlie mused.

Soon she was super close and she was about to grab the bag.

"Gotcha!" Charlie shouted as she lunged for the bag.

But shouting was a big mistake.

Boulder grabbed the bag and jumped up and ran away before Charlie could get the backpack.

But her whale toy was laying in front of her.

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Boulder had run around the other side of the house...and of course Charlie had followed him.

Then she saw her red bird in the grass.

She ran over and picked it up. Now all she had to get back was the backpack.

She could see Boulders tracks going under the trees.

"Well. Here I go!"

"There he is!" Charlie whispered.

Boulder had taken the thing out of the backpack again and was chewing on it.

'Hmm...Perhaps I can sneak up on him.' Charlie thought.

Soon Charlie was right behind him. He still hadn't noticed her.

She wouldn't make the same mistake twice. This time she would be silent. And as quickly as she could she snatched the bag away from him and, it startled him so much he ran away.

"Ha ha!" Charlie laughed. Then she noticed what Boulder was chewing on. Boulder had gotten over his shock and was coming back. So Charlie grabbed the treasure and the backpack and climbed the nearest tree.

As she was trying to climb the tree she fell and got grass in her hair.

Once she was up the tree she lay back and sighed.

She smiled at her new friend.

A cute little unicorn toy. She was a little ruffed up from being chewed on but not ripped. "I'll name you...Candy!" Charlie said happily.

And she spent the rest of the day in the tree until Taryn came home from town.

THE END

~ Charlie