Oh Rover!

• Lucy Banks, Grade 6
• Short Story
• 2014

Oh Rover!

“Oh Rover, look at you! Off the carpet. NOW!!” yelled mum. Why shouldn’t I step through the mud to get my bouncy ball?
"Sorry mum” I said, but all that came out was a whine.I put on my big, brown puppy dog eyes, laid on my white stomach and begged for forgiveness.

My humans came home from school and I gave them both a big, wet sloppy kiss.“Eww” shuddered Cindy.
“Hi buddy,” said Jake. “Want to go for a walk?”
If there is one thing that I love more than a ride in the car, that’s going for a walk. “Righto,” I yapped.

As we got to the soccer oval, I saw a boy playing with a tennis ball, so I ran up to him and stole it. The ball was new and rubbery, and that gave me a good reason to run around like a maniac.
“Oh Rover.” sighed Jake and helped the boy chase me. It was fun.

After a while they got bored so I stopped running and started rolling around in the grass, which was still wet from last nights rain and then I shook myself off right in front of Jake. “Oh Rover” he laughed, and we started walking back home, even when Jake was soaking, he had a smile on his face.

Dad came in from out of the backyard from doing the poo-patrol and I thanked him with a jump but he said, “Rover, get down.” With all humans deserting me, I went searching for them.

Now the first thing you see in Cindy’s room is pink and the first thing you smell is perfume. I stuck my head in her pink bin which was shaped as a love-heart, and whilst it was quite difficult for me to get my huge head in it, I managed. I found a smelly tube of something in her bin so I ate it, just like the time I ate Jake’s soccer boots, Cindy’s Easter eggs, mum’s stockings and dad’s tie.
“Mmmmmm” I said to myself, licking my lips “minty,” and I went out to the backyard to sleep. I didn’t feel so good.

The next thing I knew, I was at the vets! THE VETS!! NO! I hate the vets!
“Oh Rover,” said Jake shaking his head at me, “the vet said toothpaste isn’t good for dogs.”

Well that explains a few things.

The vet then stuck a cold thing that went ‘beep’ into an area where cold things aren’t meant to go, gave me a nice tasting tablet and I fell asleep again.
When I woke up I was in mum’s car pulling into the drive-way.

I felt really weird.
First, I wacked my head into the front door because I thought it was open, then I thought a big puddle of mud was my bed, and I bet you know what happened then. I walked into the house and Jake, Cindy, mum and dad all said, “Oh Rover!”