HOOKED ON DOG FOOD
By Karen L., age 8 1/2, and Cynthia K., age 9,
As told to Rachel L., age 10, and
Ina Hillebrandt, age, none of your business
Illustrated by Sophia L., age 10  

          The first day we ate dog food, we thought it was chicken.  We were five years old, and dumb!  But we did find out it was crunchy and delicious!  Here's how it happened…

            We opened up a can of what we thought was Campbell's soup.  And we put it on a plate for Angel, our dog.  Then we put chicken and rice Karen's mom left for us on another plate.  We also put rice on the dog's plate.  We accidentally gave the dog our plate instead of her plate.  We started eating from “our” plate; it had crunchy brown balls, peas, little pieces of carrot, and rice.  There was also sauce on top.  We dug in.

            Then, Karen's brother, Jonathan, came in and said, "Why are you eating dog food?"

            We said, "Huh?  We're not eating dog food!  We're eating Mom's chicken and rice!"

            "No, you're eating Angel's dog food"  Jonathan exclaimed.

            We ignored him and kept eating.  Then, Jonathan said, "Why don't you look at what Angel's eating?"

            There was Angel, eating our steak!  We got depressed.

            But we found out we actually like dog food, and have been eating it ever since.  Except when there's steak.

MY BUNNY
By Cindy K., Age 9

I used to have a bunny named Princess. It was very cute and my bunny ate a lot.  But we had to give Princess to my friend because I did not have enough room.  I was very, very sad.

One day on my birthday, my friend Karen called me to tell me that my bunny passed away.  I started to cry a lot.  My Dad made me feel better when he explained my bunny was in heaven.

THE END!