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Prompt: 040. getting a pet
1. Looking into the small hopeful face, it wasn’t much of a decision at all. “All right, let’s get you a pet.”
A. Looking into the small hopeful face, it wasn’t much of a decision at all. “All right, let’s get you a pet.”
She cheered, throwing her arms up in the air excitedly. “A puppy! A puppy! I want a puppy!”
“Oh. Are you sure you don’t want a cute little kitten instead?”
“No! I want a puppy, please, please, please.”
“All right. All right. One puppy for my little puppy.”
2. Wandering through the local animal shelter, it was a hard choice between a cat or a dog. They all looked cute and adoptable.
A. Wandering through the local animal shelter, it was a hard choice between a cat or a dog. They all looked cute and adoptable, and it was heartbreaking to see them inside their cages, peering out so hopefully.
There was a yelping almost-cry from one of the cages. The placard in front said the ball of fur and fluff had had its vocal cords surgically removed by its previous owner.
3. There was something living in the crawlspace under the house.
A. There was something living in the crawlspace under the house. They could hear it digging away at the insulation, probably building itself a nest from which it could creep up into the house at night to steal food. It was probably going to have a thousand hungry babies that would clatter around, fighting and hissing long after midnight, giving the children nightmares that they were going to be eaten in their beds.
Since there wasn’t enough money in the budget for an exterminator, they visited the grocery store and bought some rat poison. Hopefully it would take care of the problem.
