Earn the nest

The friend’s play, their fight turning into a free-for-all as Calico Jack uses his back legs to shove Nico away from him. Short front legs slap out, his paws bouncing off the ground and his friend’s body alike. Suddenly, Jack gets a brilliant idea and with a squeal of laughter that rips apart the peaceful morning, the patchwork pup begins to roll. He tucks his legs close to his body and sends his momentum to the side causing black sand to fly up and out as the pup’s small body roll. The granules force Jack to close his icy blue eyes and the pup blindly continues on, laughter following him as he goes.

Without warning, Jack feels a bump in his path and adds a little more power to his roll, feeling something soft and squishy yield underneath him. A soft whoosh of air from small lungs alerts Calico to the fact that he has found his friend and his body finally comes to a stop as he blinks open his icy blues. Jack cranes his neck so that the pup’s noses touch and he grins happily at his friend. With a joyful, sing-song voice, the pirate pup says, “Do you give up?” Tail wags as he grins at Nico, bright eyes shining with unvoiced laughter as their noses continue to touch, the patchwork pup refusing to move until Nico admits defeat.

"Calico Jack"