For a while, everyone just watched her eating. The boy and the girl said she looked like she was pretty hungry and pretended to be super-hungry eating cereal, then candy bars, then turkey legs (because they could pretend the throw the discarded legs over their shoulders.) The lady and the man just watched, a little nervously, wondering if she ate too fast or how long since she'd eaten last. Betty didn't look like a weary traveler, but she certainly ate like one.
She was exhausted and curled up on the bed to sleep. But the man and the woman were talking to the grandma, working out the business of getting a new-found animal into house not accustomed to such excitement. After a little while, they decided that Betty had better go outside before they turned in for the evening.
She didn't want to go, to be honest. The sky and the wind and the smells of the world are all wonderful but she was dog-tired. She peed, but only after the lady and the grandma walked around the house with her. After about six times around, they gave up hoping for anything more exciting and decided to see what a full evening would result in. Much to the children's protest, Betty slept curled up between the man and the lady, warm after a very trying day.
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