Horrible Monsters

• Ryan Khan, Grade 4
• Short Story
• 2021

As the sun shone through the window.My dog,Max was lying down.He was acting weird , normally he should want to jump and play with me.I keep staring but he just kept on lying down.I gave him a dog treat.”I never seen Max reject a treat.”I said.But something was wrong well what was it.Max than stand up.oh I thought he was going play with me but I was wrong.He started doing unusual movements.Than he started vomiting.”Oh no Max is sick.”I said.I quickly went to the vet.We waited half an hour.The vet finally took Max in her room.She examined Max and saw a tick.She got the tick out with pointy tweezers.”It is essential to check Max every day.”said the vet.She put tick anti-serum on Max.When we went home I gave Max a big hug “Max you silly old dog you made us very worried.”I said