THE
ATTACK OF THE MONSTER PUPPY!
By May Tobias
Patty wanted a puppy. One morning, she decided she was
going to have one. She wanted the prettiest one she
could find. So she went to the pet shop and told the
man behind the counter, I want a puppy, please.
Give me the prettiest one you have.
The
man scratched his head and wondered what Patty meant.
A pretty puppy? He looked at all the dogs in his pet
shop, and thought hard.
He
couldnt decide. All of them looked pretty good to
him.
Ah,
he said. He picked up the smallest puppy (he looked
pretty enough) and gave it to Patty. Here you
are, miss. A pretty puppy for a pretty little girl.
Patty
opened her pink wallet and paid for the puppy.
The
man got a can of puppy food from the shelf and placed
it on the counter. Feed your puppy twice a day.
Patty
paid for the puppy food as well.
Dont
forget to give it water to drink and bathe it once in
a while, he added, but Patty and her puppy were
already gone.
In
her bedroom, Patty took out her box of ribbons. She
got a pink satin ribbon and tried to tie it around one
of the puppys ears. The puppy didnt like
it. So Patty tried a purple felt ribbon. He didnt
like it, either. Then Patty tried to brush the puppys
hair. The puppy jumped off the bed.
Patty
gave up. Her dolls were more fun, after all. And prettier,
too. A puppy that wasnt pretty was no fun.
She
picked up the puppy and threw it out of the kitchen
door.
What
was that? Yaya Yeyey asked.
Oh,
just an ugly puppy, Patty said.
All
day, Patty almost forgot all about the puppy till she
heard noises from behind the kitchen door.
Ugly
puppy, she muttered. Must be hungry.
So she opened the can of puppy food and poured everything
into a bowl. Then she got another bowl and filled it
with water. Dont ever bother me again, okay?
she told the puppy, and shut the door.
When
nighttime came, Patty heard strange noises. She tried
to sleep but she couldnt. A-woooooooo!
the horrible sound went. The sound became louder and
louder. The puppy! Oh no, Patty said. Its
turned into a monster!Patty remembered she had
emptied the can of dog food into the bowl.
He
must have eaten it all up! And hes now as big as
the house!
Where
was Yaya Yeyey? Could the monster puppy have eaten her
too?
Oh
no, Yaya Yeyey is gone, Patty sobbed, and
its all my fault!
BOW-WOW!
The sound echoed loudly. BOWOWOWOWOWOW!
The
monster puppy was looking for her! Unwashed, unwanted,
ugly and, worst of all--hungry!!!
Patty
wished she never bought the puppy. Then she had another
horrible thought--she had to go to the bathroom!
Patty
thought she can wait till morning to go, but then she
also kept thinking she cant. So with one deep
breath she opened her bedroom door and bolted for the
bathroom across the hall.
Then
what do you think happened?
Eeeeeeeeeek!
Patty shrieked.
The
monster puppy was-there!!!
Unwashed,
unwanted and more scared than Patty. But he was so cute!
He looked newly washed and was looking up at Patty with
his puppy eyes.
Yaya
Yeyey appeared at the door. I didnt have
the heart to leave him outside, she said. You
know, you shouldnt have gotten that poor puppy
in the first place, if you didnt want to take
care of it. She picked the puppy up. What
are we going to do with this now?
Take
care of it, I suppose, Patty said. Yaya Yeyey
handed the puppy over to her.
The
puppy licked Pattys face. He likes you,
Yaya Yeyey smiled.
Im
so sorry, puppy, please forgive me, Patty said.
I promise to take care of you from now on.
And
so Patty kept her little puppy and took very good care
of him. She named him Monster, and they lived happily
ever after.
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