Kenny and His Friend Hemmi

    One day JaDeson asked his mom “Mom can I have a puppy?”

    “Maybe someday you will get a puppy, JaDe,” Mom replied.

    “When Mom, for my birthday?” asked JaDe.

    “I’m not sure,” answered mom.

    “When Mom, for Christmas?” JaDe asked excitedly.

    “JaDe, I said I’m not sure. But a puppy does sound like a good idea for a Christmas present,” replied mom.

    A few days before Christmas, JaDeson received a very pleasant surprise; the puppy Mom said he might get. When Mom brought the new puppy home, he seemed very frightened. He jumped out of the box he arrived in, ran as fast as he could across the yard, under a fence, down a hill, across a stream of water and hid behind some trees. Far across the field, looking through binoculars, Mom and Grandma could see the frightened puppy looking at his new home. JaDeson called, but the puppy just sat and stared without making a move. JaDeson became very sad because his new puppy was frightened and ran away.

     “I want my puppy back” JaDe said to his mom. “Okay,” Mom replied, "you will get your puppy back as soon as mommy gets help." Soon Mom, along with help from cousin Jauqae and Darius, the little boy next door, finally got the puppy home.

    JaDeson decided to name his puppy “Kenny.” Of course, no one knew why he decided to name the puppy Kenny. After a few days Kenny seemed comfortable with his new home. Soon Kenny had a new friend to play with, Hemmi the little Chihuahua next door. Kenny and Hemmi could be very mischievous while having lots of fun together. They would play in the yard at both houses and in the field between the two houses where they live.  Sometimes they made a really big mess tearing up paper; finding old soda pop bottles, and leaving them all across the field where they play. One day JaDeson discovered the puppies playing tug-a-war with one of his favorite foam footballs. As far as he could see across the field in the beautiful, green grass were bits and pieces of foam where the puppies had so much fun.

     Kenny the Cocker Spaniel and Hemmi the Chihuahua get along just fine together, running from house to house. The puppies play all day and never seem tired. However they sometimes stopped under a tree in the middle of the field, looking at each other as if they needed to rest. Watching from the window, JaDeson could see the puppies waddling and rolling on their backs. The puppies ran back and forth between the houses as if they were racing. One day Hemmi had to be put on his leash for a short time. Kenny was not happy about Hemmi being tied up and made every effort trying to free him by pulling on his leash.

    Kenny is a very smart puppy. When he is ready to eat, he comes to the back door and bangs on the door with his paws. When strangers drive in the yard, Kenny runs back and forth barking at the car. Every night when Grandma come home from work

Kenny runs very fast down the road to meet her. He runs beside the car until it is safely parked. Kenny really loves his new home.

Copyright (c) 2006 Joyce Newsome-Hargrove