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by
pukesick
Tue Apr 25 2000 at 18:21:10
Once, there was a
seal
that ate
grass
. His name was Scampy and he lived in our
backyard
. Sometimes he would come out to the
front yard
, mostly when the grass started to get too long.
He just showed up
one day
, and since he kept the grass so nice and
trim
, my parents did not mind and let him
stay
as he pleased. He was fun to play
catch
with, well it was not really catch but almost. I would
bounce
the
ball
to him, and then he would bounce it back with his
nose
. I would come home
after school
and he would give me rides in the backyard. Around the
swingset
, under the branches of the
willow
, and over the funny
lump
in the lawn towards the back right corner where there was a
hole
in the
fence
.
Sometimes he would
leave
for a while, we never knew where he went really.
Mom
thought he went to the
sea
, and
Dad
said just to a nearby
creek
. I bet it was actually the
ice-cream store
. He always liked
ice-cream
lots. I
secretly
let him have licks from my cone when mom was not looking.
My
parents
brought home something from the store one day. Dad was
exited
, he showed me the shiny red
lawn mower
. It had a cord to pull which would start the
motor
and made lots of
noise
. It was very neat. I asked dad why he
bought
it, we already had a seal to keep the grass cut. Dad said it was a good deal and how could he pass that up. I thought that was
silly
.
Grownups
always do silly things. The next day was saturday and dad took the new mower around the lawn
coughing
and
chewing
up grass into
small bits
. Scampy looked
scared
and kept away the whole time. When dad was done, the lawn looked great and perfect. The grass was all very
short
and even. It was too short really, so there was none for Scampy to
eat
. He stayed around for a few more days. Then he must have been too
hungry
. He ventured off to find a new
lawn
and
family
to stay with the next day. Scampy was great fun and I miss him lots, but I know the people he lives with next will
love
him lots too.
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