We, two retirees, recently acquired a very cute little dog named Teddy. I usually walk outside with Teddy, but when my husband let her out in the square in front of our house yesterday, he didn’t know what hit him. A nice young woman came running towards him enthusiastically waving and shouting. Within earshot, however, her call appeared: “Teddy Teddy, baby, you’re back!”
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