Teddy by Ellen Miles

Author:Ellen Miles
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Publisher: Scholastic Inc.
Published: 2012-08-24T05:00:00+00:00

Lizzie nodded. She couldn’t blame her friend for feeling that way. “I’ll just take him out after we’re done, I guess. Unless I can convince Charles to do it.” She waved to Maria and set off for home.

Teddy trotted along beside her, looking like an innocent ball of orange fluff. She smiled down at him and shook her head. “Troublemaker,” she said fondly. He barked happily up at her.

And then he kept barking. And barking. And barking.

Lizzie knew she should do the gimme-five thing with him, or clap her hands, or try to teach him the “quiet” command — but just at that moment Lizzie had the strangest thought. It just popped into her mind. I’m tired of all of these dogs. She stopped in the middle of the sidewalk, surprised at herself. She had never, ever had a thought like that before. Not in her whole dog-loving life. But suddenly it was all too much: the walking, the training, the constant attention. Dogs, dogs, dogs. She’d had it. She needed a break. Right that moment, she couldn’t stand even one second more of Teddy’s yapping.

Lizzie pulled her iPod out of her pocket and plugged in her earbuds. She knew it wasn’t right. She knew she should deal with Teddy’s barking. But at that moment, all she wanted was to tune him out, just for the few minutes it would take to walk home. Besides, she hadn’t heard her song since last night. She found “Angel Mine,” cranked up the volume, and began to walk dreamily along, holding Teddy’s leash in one hand and the iPod in the other.

“Angel Mine, you’re the dear one,” Lizzie sang along happily as she stepped off the curb to cross the street. She didn’t care one bit that she probably sounded like a bellowing moose. “Angel Mine, be with me — hey!”

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