SAVING CATS, DOGS AND BIRDS FROM GETTING DUMPED-

• Louise O'malley, Grade 4
• Short Story
• 2016

Prologue
“Sit still Mia” demanded Tamika who was very frustrated with the lorikeet that was flying above her head as she tried to peg it (pegging it will prevent it from flying). Tamika absolutely hated pets as years ago she had been in a car crash caused by a stray cat that had run out in front of her car. After the crash she had been left paralysed on her right side.
As a 10 years old so you would be thinking that her parents would not allow this but her parents were out that night and had not hired a baby sitter. Bailie the cat and charlotte the dog sat in the corner of the room both thinking they were next. After she had finished pegging the bird she picked up the kitten “your turn Bailie” sneered Tamika as she jabbed the kitten with a needle. The poor kitten winced and hissed at her owner as Tamika filled the needle up to do her dog Charlotte. After she walked down the dark moist alleyway next to her house and throw them into a corner. They were going to have a dark damp corner

9:00am 1st of October
“Come on Alesha” shouted Kelly. Alesha who was walking along the wall down twisty lane replied “when I’m finished walking along the wall.” Then she spotted three little pets huddled in a corner a bird, a cat and a dog. She jumped of the wall and looked at their collars. “Kelly come over here there is a cat called Bailie, a dog called Charlotte and a Bird called Mia or that is what their collars say. Mia’s wing is pegged so she couldn’t fly away overnight” she whispered to her friend for the pets were sound asleep

5th of August 10:00pm
As Alesha tucked her pets into bed she noticed a tiny little candy. She ate the candy and suddenly the world came to life. It was like She could hear everything that was said by human and animal she thought to herself. “you can” agreed a voice behind her. As Alesha turned around she saw Bailie walking up to her.
“who said that” she corked.
“I did” meowed bailie “you ate a candy that makes you to speak to animals. I have a very important mission that you need to devote your life to. You promise you won’t give it as you get older.”
“I won’t” Alesha whispered wishfully
“I want you to devote your life to rescuing and looking after animals and tried to get people to stop dumping them. Because that is what happened to us.” Meowed Bailie.
“ok. Them let’s start by adopting a dog tomorrow because I am very tried at the moment. Good night”.
So that next morning she got that dog. She lived happily in harmony with pets and animals for the rest of her life. ….