Sometimes it felt like tiny Luna was the saddest puppy in the world.
She had trouble moving around
and she'd shake a lot.
She didn't want anyone to come near her.
"OK, I know. I know. OK. OK."
"Calm down. Calm down. Sit down. Sit down."
Before Luna's rescuers could find her a forever home,
they needed to help her grow stronger and learn to walk.
But not only that, they also had to cheer her up.
She'd been alone for so long, and she didn't know how to trust anyone.
But slowly, she started to warm up to her rescuers. Until one day,
Luna did something amazing:
Luna started walking all by herself.
She would fall all the time,
but she always got back up.
She wouldn't stop trying,
and soon she got really good at it.
Luna's rescuers were shocked to see her tail was finally wagging.
Then one day, Luna's rescuers saw this:
Her walking turned into running!
Luna finally found something she loved to do.
Look at that happy tail go!
Running made Luna feel so good.
Pretty soon, she was the fastest pup on the block,
and she was ready to make friends who were as big as she felt inside.
She was like, "Nice to meet you, Mega Duck!"
Hmm. Maybe friends who are more like real animals.
But if she wanted someone who had as much energy
as her, she'd need another puppy.
Luckily, Luna's rescuers had just the puppy friend in mind:
Zeus.
At first, they weren't sure Luna and Zeus would get along.
Zeus was a trillion times bigger than Luna,
and Luna could get scared sometimes.
But as soon as they saw each other,
they were like magnets.
And it's a good thing Luna learned to love running
because it was her basic training for playtime with Zeus.
Sometimes Zeus would forget how big he was.
"Oh my God, Zeus, don't roll over, OK?"
But he always knew how to be gentle with tiny Luna.
And sometimes it seemed like she had more strength than Zeus.
All of that time spent playing with such a big dog
gave Luna some new ideas,
like sneaking up on her foster mom
and saying, "Look at me! Hey, look! Are you looking?"
"Excuse me, look at me!"
And showing off her boxing skills.
Of course, Luna showed her foster mom a lot of love, too.
With her patient best friend by her side,
Luna was finally happy,
and it wasn't long before she got the best news ever:
She was going to a forever home.
At first, Luna wasn't sure about the strange new place,
but she had learned how to be fearless.
And soon, she fit right in at her new home.
When Luna was tiny, she was too scared to do anything at all,
until she learned how to be herself
with the help of the biggest best friend.
Nope, not that best friend, this one.
Now her home is filled with lots of that wild Luna energy.
And, of course, lots and lots of love.