MG woke to the sound of scratching. He lifted his head, scenting the air. Allaine had her nose in a bush, scratching around. "What are you doing?" MG asked, causing Allaine to jump. She turned to face him, her tail wagging fast, "Happy Easter!" she replied, turning back to the bush. But before she could continue searching it, MG impatiently stated, "That didn't answer my question." Allaine turned to him once more, "I'm looking for an egg!" "...Why?" "Because the Easter Bunny left some last night, silly!" Allaine smiled. "There's not such thing as the Easter Bunny. That's just some stupid story to make pups like you go to bed the night before Easter." Allaine whimpered, "...Th...That's not true! There is an Easter Bunny, MG! I've seen it before!" "Where?" MG teased. Allaine whimpered once more and lay down. MG lay down as well, having felt accomplished. He dozed off, falling asleep again. Once Allaine saw that her friend had, in fact, fallen asleep, she stood, shaking off any dust that may have gotten on her coat. She looked around before bounding away in search of eggs. After about an hour of failed searching, Allaine sadly laid down far away from MG, not wanting his "I told you so!"'s to be the first thing she heard the next morning. MG, however, had watched the whole scene. His heart skipped a few beats and he felt as though he had swallowed a rock. Him? Feeling bad about making someone sad and possibly crushing their dreams? Impossible! But what right did he have? To do such things to his best friend? He stood, a determined look falling onto his face. His eyes shifted from one direction to the other. By this time the sun was just beginning to rise on the day after Easter. MG went to the chicken coop, looking at the hens, “Alright ladies. I need some eggs and I need ‘em now.” The hens looked at him sleepily, MG sighed, “…They’re for Allaine.” He said. All the hens stood, knowing Allaine would do nothing to harm the eggs. “I’m glad we have an understanding.” MG said before getting a small basket from the corner of the building. He put some hay into the basket the gently out two eggs in it, careful not to crack the shells with his teeth. He took the basket handle into his mouth and hurried to the humans’ house, careful not to harm the eggs. He scratched on the door, whimpering. When the door opened, MG hurried to the children’s room, holding the basket up to the older child. She smiled and put a few pieces of candy into the basket. MG then turned to the younger child who also put a handful of candy in the basket. MG wagged his tail and then ran out of the room. He ducked, sliding on the hardwood hallway floor under the angry mother. He leaped out the still-open door and ran to the field where Allaine was. He slowed down, careful not to wake her. He set the basket in front her then licked the top of her head. He lay next to her, resting his head on her back. The sun was high in the sky by this time. MG sighed, deciding it best not to go to sleep. “I’m sorry.” He said softly, knowing that Allaine wouldn’t hear him, which was a good thing in his mind. Allaine’s eyes sleepily opened. Her blurred gaze soon became sharp once again. She brought her head up quickly, then felt something on her back. She turned, seeing MG staring at the horizon. She turned back to the basket, “MG! Look!” she exclaimed happily. MG sat up, “Oh look at that! It looks like the Easter Bunny was late this year. I’m sure that sorry ol’ rabbit was busy though.” He smiled. Allaine’s tail wagged even harder, knowing exactly what happened. She licked MG’s cheek. “Thank you MG.” She said gently. MG turned to face away from Allaine, trying to make his tail stop wagging and trying to stop smiling. “No problem…” he said softly.