Terry kissed Ernie in thanks, stepping neatly out of the leash after. He knelt down and released Bob from the leash, grinning as the dog immediately loped after Ben, barking up at him from the bottom of the tree house.
"You didn't have to go to so much trouble," Terry murmured to Ernie, wrapping arms around his waist. "But thank you, it's fantastic." In fact, Terry quite wanted to climb up and see what it was all about.
Ben leaned over the railing of the tree house at Ernie's comment about Bob, eyes wide. "Wow! Really? How Ernie? Can you show me?"