Funny Kid Get Licked

We get to the bottom of the grand staircase and look down the hallway to the front door. Pip is at the start of the line and she does a silent countdown for us with her fingers, like a commando. 3-2-1 … How come everyone else’s puppy is so still? Mine is trying to climb up my chest to get to my face. I don’t know what I look like right now, but with my shirt squirming all over the place, it must seem like I have a pretty serious case of indigestion. And then we’re off! Silently tiptoe-running down the tiled hallway towards the big front door.