TOBY
To my loving and caring dog…
When I was about 4 I got a big surprise. I was in the car
heading towards my aunts house. We parked in my aunts front yard while mom went
inside to say hi. I got out of the car and I could see right infront of me a
pale white house with a tiny stone path heading towards the house. At the end
of the path there were some stairs that lead to a litlle white door.
As I walked towards the
door I could hear the leaves crunching underneath me. Next to the house was a
small shed the color of a ripe kiwi. In between the shed and the house was a
slanted white old fence. When I opened the white door I could hear a loud creeeek! Behind the white door was a
small tiny little room, the size of a closet. At the other end of the room was
a bigger door than the other. A bright yellow door that instead of a creeeek! made a soft woosh! sound. When I opened the door in
front of me I could see a medium sized living room. Inside the beautiful living
room was a electric piano, a fish tank with a black fish, and a Christmas tree.
The Christmas tree seemed so huge, considering my size. When I got to the
kitchen I could see the Christmas decorations.
As
I got to the door to lead me to the backyard I could hear a lot of barking and
yelping. When I opened the door it made a creek just like the first one did.
As I stepped outside I
felt a breeze hit my face, it was really warm inside compared to outside. When
I stepped down I forgot there were more stairs down and I fell in mid air trying to hold on to something when dad caught
me with his hand… phew! Good thing he
was there. While I stepped down the stairs I could hear my aunt saying “hi
honey!”. When I got down the stairs I
actually got very surprised. In front of me was a dog the height of my knees
barking like a maniac! By then I knew a lot of words, I even knew how to have a
conversation with someone. But in that moment the only words I knew were,
“ahhhh!ahhhhh!ahhhh!”
I ran as fast a jaguar
up the stairs. I was shaking mad. With all of that in my mind I thought that Toby was a pitbull (fact:
Toby is a Cocker Spaniel from Russia.)
“Sweetie come down
here, he’s friendly.” My mom told me.
“No.” I said in a
nervous tone.
“Sweetie, please come
here.” My mom told me once more.
“Mmmph, okay.” I said
in a unsure voice. Once I got next to the dog, he pounced on me and licked my
face non-stop. Now you might be thinking right this instant “how cute!” but to me
in that moment it felt like he was eating my face. So I started bawling and shouting and mom, dad,
and my aunt were pulling Toby off my face. Apparently Toby took it as a game
and wouldn’t get off my face! Finally he stopped licking me and sat on the ground
looking at me with those big huge round black eyes. It looked very funny but I
had cried so much that my eyes were all poofy. So, I simply ran back to the car
and locked the doors. I waited until my parents came and we could go home just
like E.T only to find that my parents were going to take Toby home temporarily
until my aunt found a new home for him. If we liked the dog, we could keep him
with us. Now, as you can see, it was not exactly love at first sight. But as I
grew I learned that Toby is a really good friend, because really, he is. When I
was between the ages of 4 and 5 years old,
I was a little afraid of Toby. For example, one time he took my favorite
stuffed animal and ran around the house with it. “Catch him mommy , catch
him!” I screamed. Mom came rushing into
action and I kept on thinking “HE WILL DESTROY IT!!!!” Right then mommy grabbed
him and the little toy got saved. But as I said, Toby became very special the
day he made me feel better. I was having a rough time and felt terrible and Toby
came up to me and sat on my legs and started licking them softly as if saying, “it’s
ok”.
Toby has been a great
pal. My aunt never found an owner for my dog and time passed and we fell in
love with Toby. We decided to keep him! So that is how I became the owner of my
dog, Toby.
