Building Up The Sanctuary:

Chefkov Cabin:

Ilena and Katie were in the kitchen cooking. The animals were sleeping in the extra room as the barn was in shambles at the moment and they hadn't been able to get it fixed up enough for the animals. Since most of the animals are used to hot weather, being in the cold weather wasn't doing them any good. Laughter filled the kitchen and living room as all the animals tried to stay warm. The electricity and heat had just been turned on, but as hot as it was in the house, none of the animals could keep themselves warm.

What was funny was that even though most of the animals were enemies, they were huddling up next to each other just to get a little warmer. The two kangaroos had the four platypus babies in their pouches so they could stay a little warmer than the others. The two lion cubs were wrapped up in a blanket and nestling next to the other animals trying to stay as warm as they could. Dinner was almost done and the two were trying so hard not to sweat in the dinner. As hot as the place was, the mother and daughter didn't want to leave the room because the rest of the cabin was colder.

After dinner, the mother and daughter along with all the animals curled up in front of the fireplace, turned down the heat a little and fell asleep in each-other's arms.

Renovations:

They woke early, got into town and bought the necessary supplies and then were back at the property in record time. They knew exactly what needed to be fixed right away. The barn needed to be fixed up so the animals could sleep in it. There weren't enough stalls for all of the animals but they could always make do until a better solution came along. For the time, the mother and daughter worked alone on the barn, fixing the doors (both on the ground level and in the hay loft), repairing the office to its original state, fixing the panels in the stalls so the animals couldn't get to each other, putting cages into the stalls so more than one animal could live side beside. Names were attached to the stalls to show which animals were in each and the electricity was repaired so that the barn would have heating.

When the barn was done, they moved on to the corrals, where horses once resided. All the horses had been sold off a long time ago, all except one. That horse had been entrusted to the care of the Bartlet family as her parents hadn't wanted to sell her. Once everything was done at the corral, they moved on to the house. Electricity was running as was water and sewage, but things still needed to be fixed to make it a little more livable. They moved in the couch and chairs, their beds into the separate rooms, the dining room hutch and table, the rugs, dressers and the rest of their belongings. Book cases went up in the den, a desk went up as well. Shelves went up on the walls so Katie could proudly show off her collections. The kitchen was organized now that everything was coming out of the boxes.

Once all of the boxes were emptied, they put them into storage in the hay loft for now as they didn't know when they would need them again. The hay loft looked like it could be used as a guest room or as a room for a workhand to use but they would deal with that later. For now, the renovations were done and the only thing that had to be put up was the Sanctuary sign at the end of the driveway. As they drove down to the end of the driveway, they noticed the school bus driving by and most of the kids were looking out the window at the newcomers. The bus had left the school and was dropping kids off at their homes. Katie stayed in the truck as Ilena got up on a ladder and put up the sign. Now whenever anyone drove by they would see the words: CHEFKOV SANCTUARY and know that this was a safe place to leave an animal that they might have found.

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