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The Menagerie

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Week 1 writing challenge (childrens Genre)Prompt 3

The Menagerie
By Lisa Noe

There was once a tiny little puppy by the name of Feisty.
Feisty was of the breed of Fysts, which is a squirrel dog.
This is a tiny little dog with tiny little features, it is funny to watch him run.
His little legs are so quick you can see nothing but a blur when he runs by.
One day Feisty got a brother, another puppy was added to the household.
This little puppy was of a different breed, a breed called the Beagle .
The Beagle is a rabbit dog, and it is small to medium in size. The Beagle was twice as large
As the little fyst. But the Beagle is a friendly and playful little pup. The two of them like to
Play together, and they are very good little friends. Now also in the house lives three cats
Panda bear, a black and white short hair, Puma, a gray long hair, and Chloe, a small black
Kitten. Chloe and Beagle, whose name is Murphy are the best of friends it is an unlikely pairing.
But they spend countless hours chasing pretend mice and rolling around nipping at each others
Toes. Also included in this household is an African Gray Parrot, whose name is KD; This is a nice little menagerie, with the two adult humans the household is complete. What a fun place to live!

One day the humans left the house to go to the market, and while they were gone the whole house went crazy. The parrot broke out of his cage and the cats got after it, chasing it all over the house, knocking things down and breaking them. The dogs then got after the cats, which broke even more household items.
When the humans got home and opened the front door, the animals knocked them down to get after each other. The bird flew up onto the branch of the large oak tree, which stood outside the porch. The cats had little difficulty in climbing the tree to get after the bird. But the dogs could not follow. One of the two humans got a bird treat to coax the bird out of the tree and down into their hands. He then placed the bird safely back in it’s cage, but the cat fell out of the tree into a large mud hole, which it detested because as everyone know cats hate water. The dog caught the cat and the two of them wrestled all in the mud tracking it into the house, where the humans had to clean all of the mess.