FIRE and more Bear

Holly Marrow Bones! I do not even know where to begin to tell you this story. Last night after my people family ate dinner, Jessie, Mimi and I followed them into the kitchen to see if we were going to get any table food. This does not happen very often but when it does it is scrumptious and non of us want to miss out. There was some smoke in the kitchen and it made my eyes burn. The smoke detector went off and Mimi started to howl her best ever howl. I wish you could have heard it. Actually, if you live within a mile of us you might have. The rest happened so fast I was really confused. My, only walks me sometimes person opened the door that goes to the basement. She said something and my walks me all the time person, grabbed the phone and our girl and ran out of the house. My only walks me sometimes person got me and my sisters out into the yard. Next thing I know there are all these huge people in big coats and hats spraying water on our house and breaking windows and knocking down doors. I was so scared because I knew I could not protect everyone from these invaders. Soon I realized that they were trying to help us! They even came into the yard and brought fresh, clean cold water to me, Jessie and Mimi.
Finally we all got to go inside a long time later. My peeps got us all safe and secure. There was a fire in the basement. Our little feline brother Junior was down there but he is OK. Smart little guy jumped into a space that kept him safe. Our other felines, Zazu and Janis are OK too.
After all that when my person took me on my walk this morning, we saw the bear again. He/she was no more than 15 or 20 feet from us and we locked in eye contact this time. Bear was on all four legs and we stared right into each others eyes. Not a sound from either of us. I have to tell you this bear was so beautiful that I could not take my eyes off of him/her. My person firmly said "Merlin, Come" The bear turned and went down the hill. It was a great moment. My person was happy too. We had met 2 dogs at the beach named Berra and Syny. They were walking in front of us on the big hill when we saw the beautiful bear. As it turns out Berra had a big fight with a bear 3 months ago and had really big surgery and almost died. I am glad we saw the bear because they were afraid. Berra told me she went to play with the bear cubs and the mom got really mad and beat her up. Everyone knows that the most dangerous place in the world is the space between a mom and their baby. Don't try to get in there or you will be in trouble. Poor Berra was just trying to play and she got hurt.
We saw Abby the Mastiff at the beach. She went all the way across to get to the dead opossum. I already rolled in that weeks ago so I am over that. We also so Poe Poe the Poodle in the upper fields and news of the bear turned her and her person right around to get outta there. We had seen Haley and Molly on the hill who had told us they saw the bear in the big field too. On the beginning of the walk today we saw Vulcan, Merlin and Kika. Their person said if we need somewhere to stay we can ALL go stay with her. Now that is a true friend for sure. Also, I saw little Bella the Cairn Terrier. She is a beautiful little girl. When I was a puppy I used to bark at her all the time. Now, I just enjoyed watching her have fun in the mud!
Merlin the Dog with the Most Exciting 2 Days Ever.