I had to write a short story for English last year.. I felt like blogging it for some reason...weird...anyway. Here it is.
One
very warm Tuesday evening, Mom, our two dogs, Shadow and Buddy, and I
adventured outdoors. On our agenda was to plant the remaining flowers
in the flowerbed in the front yard. We had to dig twenty-four holes to
place the pre-packaged plants purchased in the greenhouse section of
the home improvement store. When we were done filling the holes with
the flowers and dirt, it was time to water them. We used the long
yellow hose with the sprayer attachment purchased at the same home
improvement store that the plants were purchased at.
Noticing
our work was done in the front yard, we heading to the back yard.
There we found our vegetable garden. The sun was still shining on the
garden so we were unable to proceed with the watering of the thriving
plants.
To pass the time, we decided to play a friendly game of
badminton. Our net was not yet set up, so we used the clothesline. We
each grabbed a racket and I grabbed a birdie. The game was on. I
served first, hitting it over Mom's head and out of bounds. Mom served
on her deserving turn. I hit it back where I scored a point. This
went on for about three minutes until our golden retriever of eleven
months, Buddy, discovered that something was flying through the air. Every time we'd hit the birdie, he'd wait for it to fall to the ground
before picking it up and running with it. To him it was a game of "get
the ball off of Buddy". Both Mom and I were experiencing frustration
from the defiant dog. We then came to the realization that he was not
going to give it up. So we called it a game. I put the rackets and
the birdie in the garage. Mom proceeded in watering the garden. From
there, we turned off the hose and ventured indoors.
That night I
learned an important lesson for the summer we were heading into: Buddy
is athletic and will try to eat your birdies. Don't play badminton
with the dogs outside. It only leads to frustration, exhaustion, and
slobbery birdies.
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