YAYAYA
Here's a story I wrote last year,
Niko liked it :
The sky was completely blue,
the kind of blue that you would find on a round peice bubble gum purchased from a machine for 25 cents outside of the beauty supply store.
It was an extremely crowded day at Surfrider beach. The sun was shining, hitting womens backs that were full of oils and icky smells. Children lined the shore digging holes,building sandcastles, and running away from the tiny waves that crashed. The longboarders rode endless waves from point A to point B...and amongst all the chaos, there sat a tiny girl underneath an umbrella with her father.
The temperature had to be about 90 degrees...one of the hottest days of the summer. All of the little girl's friends were splashing about effortlessly in the sea of blue and green dreams. Yet this little girl lay under her umbrella, in long grey sweatpants. When the other kids called her to come play in the water, she shrugged, and dug her toes into the sand. Her heart longed to be with them in that sea of dreams...yet at that same moment it was her mind that told her to stay put.
Although it was the hottest day of the summer, the little girl could see and feel nothing but grey and cold. Just as a tear was developing in her heart and about to make it's way to her eye..the girls life seemed to brighten up. The sun came down in the form of a fragile brown puppy. The dog was young and little, much like the girl. His owner was approaching the beach, with a large group of about 5 boxer puppies, that looked to be about 3 months old. All of the puppies were full of life and exitement. They ran in front of their owner, leaping one over the other. It seemed as though the entire beach wanted to get their hands on the puppies. The little girl could hear questions being called out, "are they for sale!?" "how much?" "how old.." "can i take one now!?"
The girl tugged on her fathers shoulder, and he looked down at his 5 year old daughter's bright eyes and theraputic smile. "you wanna go see the puppies?" he asked her
"no...you go look...bring one over here daddy"
her dad listened, and walked over to the group of puppies.
As she was waiting for her father to fill her in about the dogs...she heard a panting noise behind her. she turned around to find one of the boxer puppies. he was far tinier than the rest, and he was missing one leg. he limped closer to her, his tiny nub of a tale wagging. He leaned in very close to the girl, and started kissing her on the cheek. The girls face filled with color and joy at her new found compaionship. She embraced the puppy in her arms...she was in love!
Soon after, her father and the owner of the puppies approached her and her new found companion.
the owner spoke first,
"so, here are some healthier puppies...you want to play with these puppies sweetie?"
the girl looked up at him, her blonde hair was over her face now from the puppy mussing with her..
"no..i want this puppy pwease" she said in a sweet and innocent voice
the owner looked at the girl's father with a distorted facial expression
"how much for this one" the father asked, pointing to the crippled dog
"oh now now, you don't want that dog. That dog is crippled. he can't keep up with the other dogs, you won't have any fun with a dog like that"the owner spoke to the girl
at that, the girl loooked deep into the owners eyes...
before she said anything, she lifted up her left pant leg to display a leg that had been amputated from the knee down and shrivelled from the knee up, she smiled, as the puppy licked away her firs and last tear, and she said,
"Well it's hard for me to keep up too, and he'll need somebody who can understand that."
Niko liked it :
The sky was completely blue,
the kind of blue that you would find on a round peice bubble gum purchased from a machine for 25 cents outside of the beauty supply store.
It was an extremely crowded day at Surfrider beach. The sun was shining, hitting womens backs that were full of oils and icky smells. Children lined the shore digging holes,building sandcastles, and running away from the tiny waves that crashed. The longboarders rode endless waves from point A to point B...and amongst all the chaos, there sat a tiny girl underneath an umbrella with her father.
The temperature had to be about 90 degrees...one of the hottest days of the summer. All of the little girl's friends were splashing about effortlessly in the sea of blue and green dreams. Yet this little girl lay under her umbrella, in long grey sweatpants. When the other kids called her to come play in the water, she shrugged, and dug her toes into the sand. Her heart longed to be with them in that sea of dreams...yet at that same moment it was her mind that told her to stay put.
Although it was the hottest day of the summer, the little girl could see and feel nothing but grey and cold. Just as a tear was developing in her heart and about to make it's way to her eye..the girls life seemed to brighten up. The sun came down in the form of a fragile brown puppy. The dog was young and little, much like the girl. His owner was approaching the beach, with a large group of about 5 boxer puppies, that looked to be about 3 months old. All of the puppies were full of life and exitement. They ran in front of their owner, leaping one over the other. It seemed as though the entire beach wanted to get their hands on the puppies. The little girl could hear questions being called out, "are they for sale!?" "how much?" "how old.." "can i take one now!?"
The girl tugged on her fathers shoulder, and he looked down at his 5 year old daughter's bright eyes and theraputic smile. "you wanna go see the puppies?" he asked her
"no...you go look...bring one over here daddy"
her dad listened, and walked over to the group of puppies.
As she was waiting for her father to fill her in about the dogs...she heard a panting noise behind her. she turned around to find one of the boxer puppies. he was far tinier than the rest, and he was missing one leg. he limped closer to her, his tiny nub of a tale wagging. He leaned in very close to the girl, and started kissing her on the cheek. The girls face filled with color and joy at her new found compaionship. She embraced the puppy in her arms...she was in love!
Soon after, her father and the owner of the puppies approached her and her new found companion.
the owner spoke first,
"so, here are some healthier puppies...you want to play with these puppies sweetie?"
the girl looked up at him, her blonde hair was over her face now from the puppy mussing with her..
"no..i want this puppy pwease" she said in a sweet and innocent voice
the owner looked at the girl's father with a distorted facial expression
"how much for this one" the father asked, pointing to the crippled dog
"oh now now, you don't want that dog. That dog is crippled. he can't keep up with the other dogs, you won't have any fun with a dog like that"the owner spoke to the girl
at that, the girl loooked deep into the owners eyes...
before she said anything, she lifted up her left pant leg to display a leg that had been amputated from the knee down and shrivelled from the knee up, she smiled, as the puppy licked away her firs and last tear, and she said,
"Well it's hard for me to keep up too, and he'll need somebody who can understand that."