In the back yard there was a nice swing and a wonderful waterfall which had several step leading up to it. MacGregor was afraid of the steps, and once he got caught up at the top step and was especially afraid to try to come down. The bottom of the steps looked so far to him, and he sat there and quivered and whined until someone came for him and carried him back into the house. Next door to the Campbells lived the four Cole sisters. Kate was the oldest and not around much since she was busy babysitting for families in the neighborhood. She was hoping to make enough money to buy her first car and wanted it to be a yellow Volkswagon. The next oldest sister was Susannah, and she loved puppies but her folks would not allow the girls to have one. They thought that puppies were too messy. The youngest two girls were twins Sarah and Lydia, and they always wanted to babysit the neighbors dogs since they could not have one of their own.
Susannah was looking over the fence and saw what happened to MacGregor and how afraid he was of steps. So one day after school she sat down with him and one paw at a time helped him climb up one step. Then she turned him around and gently helped him to climb back down. Before the afternoon was over, MacGregor could not only climb up and back down but was racing Duffy to the top and back down. Susannah had a way with animals and was so sweet to teach MacGregor not to be afraid of steps either going up or down.
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