Gracie the Goose and the Muddy Footprints

Gracie the goose keeps her porch spotless and her rules strict, until a muddy puppy called Pickle tumbles through her washing line and stamps on every sheet.

Grace

In a green meadow called Willow Bend, there lived a young goose named Gracie. Gracie was cheerful and helpful, and she took great pride in keeping her little home tidy. Every morning, she swept her porch until it shone, and every afternoon, she hung her laundry in neat white rows along the fence.

But Gracie also had a very firm rule: everyone must be careful, and anyone who makes a mess must pay for it.

One breezy morning, Gracie finished washing and hanging her prized white linens, the softest, brightest sheets in all of Willow Bend. She stood back and admired them. "Perfect," she said.

Then she went inside to make tea.

Meanwhile, a little puppy named Pickle came tumbling down the lane, chasing a butterfly. He was new to the meadow, and he was very young, and very muddy from a morning of puddle-jumping.

"Wheee!" he barked, zooming through Gracie's yard. He didn't see the laundry line until...

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Gracie the goose keeps her porch spotless and her rules strict, until a muddy puppy called Pickle tumbles through her washing line and stamps on every sheet.

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Nimra Khan — original fiction published on RapidTale.