Hey Mom, Soph here. Remember my Spencerville days? The Pet School musical when I was lead singer and the guys were backup? Our all-night rehearsals and the applause when I finished my solo act? Wasn’t just another English Bulldog, but a real, singing star. My, how they loved me here, in good ‘ol Spencerville. Miss those times. -Soph, the Diva of Spencerville.

I can remember the first day I met Sophie, it was a brisk fall morning in Spencerville. We’d just finished our morning Cross-Retriever meeting and Big Mac breakfast at Chow Down Chow Chow when in she sashayed. Head high, coat gleaming – it was clear she’d just come from a pampering at the Pampered Pooch Salon.

“Alright fellas, pipe down,” Fat Russell growled, glancing sideways at me and Lil Dot with a mischievous grin under his bulldog jowls, “Looks like the diva of East Bulldog Bay just arrived.”

Sophie never paid much mind to the chatter of Spencerville’s rough-and-tumble dogs, she always had an air of quiet majesty. A few meters away, the sight of her detouring near the flower shop, sniffing at the chrysanthemums and pansies, her unlikely infatuation, brought a gentle smile across Russell’s gruff face.

“So what’s new?” Lil Dot whined, breaking our contemplative silence.

“The Pet School Musical is this Friday,” I began, “and the gossip around town is that they still need a lead vocalist for their band.”

Sophie, overhearing our conversation, strutted towards us, a twinkle dancing in her eyes. “Really now?” she asked, “Looks like it’s time for Sophie and her gang to steal the show.”

Suddenly, Sophie’s lovable stuffed duck emerged from her side, swiftly and deftly retrieved from her opulent boudoir at Chihuahua Castle. Her singing, a charming medley of whimsical notes started filling the air as we rallied around her. Every warble, every tune, sending the birds in a fluttery Waltz.

In rehearsals, Sophie won our hearts over again and again with her extraordinary performance. We worked tirelessly for the grand evening, the frenzy of preparation adding to the charming chaos that usually is Spencerville.

But who can forget the day of the Musical itself? Sophie, the cynosure of all eyes, up on that stage in the heart of Retriever River. With Pearl, Lil Dot, and Fat Russell as backup singers, she set the amphitheater ablaze.

I must admit, the roar of applause did startle her, but looking down at her friends, she gave a confident nod. And boy, did she sing! From that first note wafted an enchantment that captivated every kitty, pupper, and critter in Spencerville.

It was a sight, my friends, a sight that etched Spencerville in the annals of pet legend. That evening, the stars didn’t glitter in the heavens – no, they twinkled in Sophie’s eyes, the darling star of our Pet School Musical. A refined English Bulldog with a heart full of melody and a town brimming with her admirers.

To her dying day, Sophie was, and always will be, our beloved and venerated Diva of Spencerville. Remembered with joy, even by the kids she used to scare away and the delivery person she used to growl at. The legend of Sophie, in her exquisite English Bulldog grandeur, lives on here, in our beloved Spencerville.

The End.