Ivan's Worried

   The sun came out the next day and Ivan snuck under the fence again and went to look for his friend Gus. But, there was no Gus around at all. All day, Ivan kept looking for Gus, but he never came to play. The same thing happened the next day. Ivan waited and waited and wandered all around the yard, but no Gus. Now Ivan didn't know what happened, it seemed like maybe Gus didn't really like him after all and was just pretending to be nice. Maybe Gus just felt sorry for him and wasn't really a friend after all. Ivan was very sad thinking that his first ever friend really didn't like him. Maybe Gus's Momma was keeping him away from Ivan, but that didn't really make sense either. Gus's Momma sure seemed to like Ivan too, even if Ivan seemed to like Pops more. Whatever the problem was, all that Ivan knew was that Gus wasn't around and his litter mates were teasing him something awful for making up stories about a terrific best friend. Ivan tried to find a warm, quiet place where he could just be sad all by himself and not have to listen to his litter mates. He just wanted to go to sleep and forget these last few days. Maybe tomorrow would be better and Gus would come back and be his friend again. That was Ivan's last thought as he drifted off to sleep.