“Don’t worry Leo, we can climb this BIG DIRT MOUNTAIN, and I will be right beside you every step,” Jackson said.
Well, Leo was worried anyway. Leo worried about a lot of things. He worried if he told Jackson how much he loved him often enough?
He worried, what if something happened to Jackson, who would take care of him? He worried, what if Jackson wandered off someday and couldn’t find his way home; would Jackson know how much he
missed him?
Jackson looked down at Leo and saw how frightened he was of the BIG DIRT MOUNTAIN downtown. “Leo, don’t be silly. This is just a little pile of dirt; once we get to the top and see Lemonhead, we’ll find a way to deliver our SUPER SECRET MESSAGE, and then I’ll take you home and we can make fried chicken.”
Leo knew Jackson was just being nice and trying to make him feel like everything was going to be OK, because Leo knew that Jackson was allergic to chicken and there was NO WAY Mama would let him have any!
Just knowing that Jackson would always be there for him gave Leo the courage to climb the BIG DIRT MOUNTAIN downtown.
So, they set off, Jackson gently nudging Leo at first while Leo, trying his best not to look terrified, took some very big steps for such a small little puppy. “Oh Jackson,” trembled Leo,
“I-I-I-I-I dddon’t know if I can do this.”