George

• Adelle Smirnios, Grade 6
• Short Story
• 2009

GEORGE!
My dog and I walked into obedience class as all the other dogs were sitting down well behaved. I looked at all the other dogs and then stopped and said ‘George is here to learn obedience’. After a minute George started to bark I said ‘be quiet’. George kept I barking as he started to tug onto the lead. George then bolted around the room. I ran after him and caught onto the lead. But George just pulled me across the room.

After George and I were in the car I said to him ‘What were you thinking?’ But George just stuck his head out the window. I pulled into the drive way, opend my door and George had hopped out while pressing onto the car horn. I thought to myself that obedience school would not work out. Then I hopped out of the car and shut the door. I whistled and then George had heard me and ran inside.

After I had dinner I went to bed .Then as I woke up the in then morning I had found George lying next to me with his paws on my face. I went to go make my bed and have a shower. I went into the lounge room and found George ripping up my pillow with feathers flying everywhere. I couldn’t believe it!I said ‘Bad George!’ Then George whined. I picked up all the feathers and chucked them into the bin. Then I let George run amok outside in the backyard.

Once I was ready for work I was putting on my shoes when I found George’s old chewed up slobbery tennis ball in my shoe. I was mad so I put on the ground and put my shoe on and then I saw George and said ‘what was this doing in my shoe?’ Then I told George off. I went and had something to eat I made a sandwich. And placed it onto the kitchen table. I came back from the toilet after washing my hands and saw my sandwich was gone! I then looked at George and saw that he was eating it!

As I came back from work, I looked and saw George sleeping on the couch. Then I went and ordered pizza from the phone. I then had a shower and then the pizza arrived as I saw George asleep I saw him have a whiff of the pizza and then he woke up and sat at the table. I gave him apiece of pizza and then he ate it. Since it was my day off the next day I decided to spend it with George.

By Adelle Smirnios year six saint Barbara’s parish school.