" Maggie Rose,” Dad asked pleasantly, “what just barked from back there?” “A puppy?” Maggie Rose guessed. “Did you hide a dog in the back with you?” Dad asked. “Yes, but, Dad, there were some people coming to take Lily away!” Maggie Rose replied in a rush. “She wouldn’t understand! She knows I’m her person! She’d think I was giving her up! "

― W. Bruce Cameron , Lily's Story