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A Lovable Puppy === One day, after school, I came home to find some weird things in my house; there was a leash, an animal carrier, and some food and water bowls in my kitchen. When I walked into my parents’ room, I asked, “What’s with all the animal stuff in the kitchen?” Then, my mom opened her closet, and a short, plump, grey and brown puppy came running out at me. At first, I was kind of shocked, because why is there some random dog in my mom’s closet. But then I remembered that my dad said we could get a dog if I made all A’s on my report card. So then I dropped my book bag and reached down to pet it and hug it and see what kind of dog it was. My mom said it was a two month old lab my dad had found from the local animal shelter. My mom and I then took the next half an hour or so to find a good name for it. And since I was told it was a boy, I thought it wouldn’t be too hard, but boy was I wrong. “Ben?” “No.” “Steve?” “No, definitely not.” “How about Kite?” “Sure, and we will get a cat named sailboat. No!” Then my little brother came downstairs and was repeating a name he must’ve heard on TV, “Buddy, Buddy, Buddy, Buddy, Buddy!” And that was it! Buddy! We could name him Buddy! So I reached down to pet him and said, “How does Buddy sound to you boy?” And in response, he put his paws on my lap, and licked my face. “I guess that means yes.” ===

On a dark, cold, cloudy night

Diction-This helps set the setting for this scene in the story. It makes you picture in your head a dark, cloudy night, which is usually a depressing theme, which could set up for a sad, depressing story throughout. , when not even the moon or stars were visible, a yellow lab had a litter of puppies. They were all cold and whining loudly. The mother had never done this before, so it was a very frightening experience because she didn’t know exactly what to do. These puppies’ eyes had not yet been opened, but they always knew where their mother was because they all kept close to her, except one. Though this was a new experience for her, the mother knew that she had several little puppies to take care of and that had to be her top priority. She understood that they could not yet take care of themselves. The mother dog took excellent care of her puppies and made sure that they were always well fed. Whenever one whined, she helped it find its way to her so that it could be fed. However, there was one puppy that always whined. It didn’t matter whether he was near or far from his mother. Even after he was fed, he continued his whining. The little dog would always leave the group and go somewhere else and whine. His mother would hear him in the distance and would leave and find him to bring him back. When he got back, he kept up the whining. Something was very wrong. This went on continually even after his eyes were opened. Actually, it got worse. Now that he could see, the puppy wandered even further from his family. Although it caused her so much trouble, the mother would still go and find her lost one. This little dog never seemed to be satisfied and became an annoyance to his canine family and to his owner’s family. After several weeks, the puppy was taken to the vet to determine the problem behind his persistent whining. As it turned out, the puppy’s stomach had an internal cut and was bleeding. This caused him never-ending pain. As he grew larger, so did the cut. Before learning about the internal injury, everyone believed that the puppy was just being stubborn and not staying with his family. But, after the cut was discovered, the family realized that the puppy just wanted to be alone as he slowly passed away and did not want to be a disturbance to anyone. He knew that his time was very short. The puppy lived to be three months and two weeks old. He never had a chance to live his life without being at least slightly dependent upon his mother. The poor, annoying puppy was no longer annoying. However, his canine family and owner’s family were very saddened by the death. Though he had become an annoyance to everyone around him, they would all have preferred to hear his continued whine instead of not hearing anything at all. But after all, isn’t it selfish in a way to try to keep something or someone alive that is dealing with unbearable pain and can never enjoy life?