Chapter 3

Later that day, Pongo and Perdita decided to find a best friend for Marshall. "How do we find a best friend?" asked Perdita. "Easy", explained Pongo, "We go around the city and find one". So Pongo and Perdita walked around town to find Marshall's new friend.

They searched downtown Anaheim, the streets of Buena Park, all over Fullerton, and even the suburbs of Garden Grove. They asked everyone who looked like a perfect friend for Marshall. "This is hopeless," said Perdita, "No one we ask is going to agree to be our son's friend". "You're right Perdita", said Pongo, "Let's take a break and come up with a different plan".

So Perdita and Pongo sat at the park to figure out a plan. All of a sudden, they saw a lady coming towards them. "Hello there," the lady said, "How are you folks doing?" "We're doing just fine," said Pongo. "That's great," said the lady, "My name is Ms. Bush, and what I'm doing is handing out flyers to people who want to be foster parents for kids at out orphanage or adopt a kid". "Adopt a kid?" asked Perdita, "That sounds like a good idea". "I agree," said Pongo, "Can you take us, so we can look for a kid?" "Sure, I be glad too," said Ms. Bush.

So Ms. Bush took Pongo and Perdita to the orphanage. "So this is the orphanage," explained Ms. Bush, "You can look around and see which kid you like". Pongo and Perdita went inside to look at all the kids. They saw some who were a little too young for Marshall, and some who didn't seem like a good influence for him. "I don't think any of this kids would be a perfect friend for Marshall," said Pongo.

Perdita noticed a German Shepard pup sitting on the couch watching T.V. She decided to go walk up to him. "What are you watching?" Perdita asked the pup. "I'm watching Apollo the pup," said the pup. "Really? That's my son's favorite show," Perdita said, "What's your name?" "My name is Chase," he said, "I'm 20 years old and I enjoy playing videogames and watching T.V. Perdita smiled at him, knowing that he would be perfect for Marshall. "How long have you be here?" Perdita asked. Chase looked at her with a sad look. "I've been here since I was 2 years old," explained Chase, "Every day for the past 18 years, I've been waiting for someone to adopt to me, but no one ever did".

Perdita put her paw on Chase's shoulder and said, "Chase, today is the day". Chase was surprised and overjoyed. Pongo came up to Perdita and Chase. "What's going on?" he asked. "I found the perfect friend for Marshall," explained Perdita, "His name is Chase, he around the same age as Marshall, and he likes videogames just like Marshall". Pongo looked at Chase who was wagging his tail with joy. Pongo smiled and hugged him. "Welcome to the family Chase," said Pongo. "Great!" said Ms. Bush, "I'll get the adoption forms and Chase, go get your belongs from your room to take".

Chase ran to his room overjoyed. "I'm getting adopted! I'm finally going to have a family!" he shouted. Chase picked up all of his stuff to put in his bag and ran towards Ms. Bush's office, where Pongo and Perdita were signing the adoption forms. "Ready to go to your new home and meet your brother?" Pongo asked. "Yes," said Chase with tears in his eyes, "I'm ready to home". So Pongo and Perdita walked with Chase out the door, and took him home.

Back at home, Marshall was watching the T.V. in the living room depressed. "Man," he said, "My birthday couldn't get any worse than all of my other birthdays". As Marshall was starting to get upset, his parents came in smiling. "Hi honey, are you feeling better?" asked Perdita. "Yeah I guess," Marshall said. "We have an amazing surprise for you," said Pongo. "What is it?" Marshall asked. "Marshall Kenny Dearly, meet your new friend and brother, Chase," said Perdita. Chase ran into the room, wagging his tail, and stared at Marshall with a huge smile on his face. "Hi, I'm Chase," he said, " I'm your new brother".