Dogcko

Leopold Heskia

Age 12

Dogcko

I was a little boy, and I wanted a dog. Today was my birthday, and I got so much stuff. The last present was big. I opened the present, and there was a weird dog. I asked my mom what that dog was, and my mom told me that it was a dogcko. It was orange and yellow and black and white. It was so cool, but I was angry because I wanted a real dog, not a dogcko.

“I hate those, and I hate you, Mom. I don’t want something like that. I am going to call you Weird Bob. You stay here OK?” I said. Yes, I was finally out of my birthday party!

“Who is licking me? AAA! Stop licking me! Wait, how did you get here so fast? OO right, you’re a dogcko. I hate you so much. I don’t like things like that. You stay here OK? Stay. I told you to stay. You’re not my friend, OK, you’re my enemy. OK, go now.” He was sad, and I told him to come. I didn’t want to leave him. “Come on, let’s go home.” We went back home.

“Hi Mom, hi Dad.”

Dad asked, “Why did you say ‘I hate that’ to your mother? It’s not really nice to say to your mom, OK?”

I said, “OK, Mom, sorry.”

She said, “That’s OK.”

“Let’s go. Welcome to my room, Mr. Weird Bob. You sleep on the floor, and I sleep on my bed. Mom, can you help me climb my bed please? I need help.”

Mom said, “No.” I was sad. Then my dogcko helped me reach the bed.

“Thanks.” He was nice, but then he started to be cold. I decided to let him be in bed. “Hey, Mr. Bob, I mean, Mr. Weird Bob, come up here. You can sleep with me if you want to.” He went up to my bed. I decided to call him Mr. Bob.

He said, “OK, let’s sleep.”

The next day, he was on top of me. That was funny. “Hey, it’s time to wake up.” He did a really big poop on my bed, but I wasn’t angry. It was so funny. “Mr. Bob let’s go, we’re going to eat.” So we went downstairs. “Hi, Mom. Hi, Dad,” I said.

“How is your dogcko?” Mom asked.

“Good. Can we just eat please, Mom? I am hungry.”

“OKOKOKOK,” says Mom.

“What are we eating today for breakfast?”

“We are eating crepes.”

“Wait a moment, is today crepes day?” “

“Yes,” my mom said.

“Yummy, but my dogcko can’t eat crepes.”

“Yes he can, why, he’s a dog.”

“He’s not just a dog; he’s a dogcko, and he can’t.”

“Yes he can. Let’s just try.” My mom threw a crepe at him, and then he ate the crepe. He was so funny when he was eating his crepe. Then he did a really big poop, but this one was bigger. I laughed but my parents were really angry at me. Then, I cleaned the poop. After I cleaned the poop, we went outside.

I saw my friend, and I said, “Can I play with you guys?”

They said, “Yes.”

I told them that I got a new pet.

They asked, “Where is it?”

I said, “He is right here.”

Everyone said, “Wow! I want one of those.”

My friend told me, “It is better than a regular dog. What’s his name?”

“I called him Bob. Wow, let’s play freeze tag. Can I be in it with my dogcko?”

They said, “Yes.” There were twenty of us. Ten of us are from school and the other ten of us are from the neighborhood. He was running so fast. We won the round. It took us two hours to finish.

“It’s time to go back, Bob.” We went back home.

“It’s dinner time,” Mom said. It was salad, and for Bob, it was food for the dog.

Then, we all heard a big fart from Bob. My mom was angry, then Bob went upstairs. We all thought he would poop on my parents bed but he didn’t. He went to the bathroom and pooped. Mom was really proud, and my dad was too. We were all proud of him. He started to be nicer. Then, every day, he was getting nicer.

Twenty days later . . .

It was Christmas. I even invited five of my friends. My parents’ friends were there too. There were fifteen people at the party. We had a really big party. First, we did a Secret Santa. I got a fountain, but it was a small one. Then, we had dinner. We ate chicken and salad. Then, I remembered that I forgot that I didn’t do the present for my dogcko. I ran up the stairs and made it. I spent ten minutes doing this present. Then, I went down stairs, and I gave the present to Bob, but he couldn’t open it. I helped him. I opened for him. There was a stuffed animal.

He was so happy. Then, Bob went to bed because he was really tired. I played with my friend outside. It was dark. We played hide and seek. It was so scary because two of my friends scared me. We went back inside because it was cold, and we watched a movie. It was Home Alone, the first one, and then I went upstairs to see what time it was. It was 12:59, but I still wasn’t tired. When the movie was over, everyone left. I went upstairs to my room because I was getting tired, and then I saw Bob sleeping in my bed. That was funny. I went to sleep.

The next morning, I saw my dogcko wasn’t there. I went to the bathroom to see if he was there, but he was there just pooping. That was funny. Then, we went downstairs to eat breakfast. It was eggs. Yum. Then, we went outside in the snow to play. I invited my neighbors to play in a snowball fight. It was so fun. Then, we had a break, and then they had to go. Bob and I went inside to the heat. We were cold. Then I asked my mom if I could have lunch.

She said, “Yes, I was making a salad with fish and bread. I finally finished.” Yippy! It was lunch time.

Then, my dad asked, “How is Bob?”

“Good.” Then, I asked my mom how old Bob is because she was the one who bought Bob. She told me that he was twelve years old.

Then, I said that he was so old. “I got him for six years.”

She said, “Yes.”

Then I asked, “Can I go to my room?” I was worried if my dogcko died. That’s why he was slow on the stairs then.

I went back downstairs and said, “Come on, Bob, we’re going downstairs to play video games for three hours.” Then, we went back up the stairs to get a snack. Yum. I sewed, and then we went outside to relax and take in some air for thirty minutes. We went back inside for dinner. It was tacos, my favorite. I took seven tacos, and then I wasn’t hungry anymore. After dinner, I went to take a bath. I was wondering if I should play more with Bob before he died. Then, I decided that I wouldn’t play video games tonight. I would rather watch a movie with Bob. Then, I got up in the bath and put on pajamas. After we went down stairs to watch a movie, I took snacks. I took food for dogcko and candy and chocolate and chips and four crepes. We watched a funny movie. Then, at the end of the movie, we fell asleep.

In the morning, I cleaned up the mess we made, and then I saw Bob wasn’t there. I tried to find him, but I didn’t find him. The last place was my parents’ room. I opened the door, and he was there helping my mom clean the floor. Then, we had brunch. There were many things on the table, and then after we played hide and seek. I was the seeker and Bob was the hider. I couldn’t find him, but then I found Bob. He was in the shed. He was sit-

ting on the ground for ten minutes. I was saying, “Come on. Let’s go. OK, I am going outside.” Then, he went outside. Bob and I went to play with our friends. Some of my friends were from school and some of my other friends were from my neighborhood. We all went to the big playground. First, we all played soccer, and then we played football. We all took a break after we all ate a banana and a chocolate bar. We went to the playground. There were two people: me and Bob. Bob tagged the first person, then I tagged the second person. It was so fun. After that, there was still time. We could play one round of freeze tag.

Then my friend said, “Let’s do one tagger.”

I said, “OK, we need a spin wheel. Who would go first?” Bob was first. We ran for ten minutes, and then Bob stopped. He laid down on the ground. We all went toward Bob. He couldn’t breathe anymore. He was dying. I called my parents, and they said that they would come in two minutes. They arrived very fast. We brought him to the hospital, and then the doctor came and said to us that Bob was old and that he would die.

Then I asked, “Can he come with us?”

The doctor said, “No, but you can say bye if you want.” I was so sad. I said goodbye to Bob. I was really sad. When we got back home, I saw the shed open. Then, I went inside to see. I saw three eggs. I was so happy because I didn’t know that Bob was a she. I told my dad and my mom, and then I told all my friends. I invited them, and they all saw, and they were happy too.

The End