Ethan: So, what did you do today? 
Simon: Well, remember my yellow tennis ball?
Ethan: Yeah…
Simon: Oh good because I lost it. 
Ethan: Did you check under the couch?
Simon: No why would it be there? 
Simon: I’m telling you, I’m telling you it’s not there dad. I looked all over.
Ethan: You have the shortest attention span. You probably got distracted and started licking the floor again. And for a beagle, your nose sucks.
Simon: No it doesn’t dad. It sniffs.
Ethan: Here’s your ball.
Simon: What. How did it get under there?
Regarding Samuel 
I love this – I used to call my beagle a nose with four legs – best dogs on the planet 🙂