Archer’s Story by Aria Nesbitt

Chapter 1

Welcome to the World

It was dark and my eyes were not open yet. My mom was my warmth and safety at the time. I had brothers and sisters that would wine and cry for mom's milk all the time. One day, my eyes were still not open but all my other senses were alert, and I heard a quiet soothing voice coming from above me. A pair of gentle hands reached down and picked me up and said “you’re getting so big!” It was a female. I could tell by the soothing voice she talked to me in. She put me down and picked up another one of my brothers and kissed him on the head. She did the same for the rest of the puppies. Later that day she came back with a big heaping bowl of food for my mom. By the looks of it it was just a bunch of crunchy round brown things that we couldn’t eat yet because we were too young. While we played “I’ll chase your tail until you get mad” my mom was finishing up her dinner when that nice lady came back and took the empty bowl away. She took me and my brother and sisters outside. I had never been outside before there was this weird green stuff under my feet that would tickle whenever I would take a step. It didn’t taste very good when I tried to eat it but it did make for a great back scratcher!

Chapter 2

I’m the one

The next day the lady came back and picked me up and said “ some people will be coming to see you.” “ They think you’re the one!” My name was Jet. I heard her call me that a couple of times so i’m considering it my name. A few hours later a couple came into the room and when they saw me their jaws dropped. My eyes were finally open and I could see the world! The nice couple came in and spent a lot of time with me. Their names were Laura and Ryan. They think they chose me but really I chose them Laura's voice was soothing and calm. She smelled of delicious coffee and toast. What a pleasant smell. Her hands were warm when they touched me. They were safe just like my mom’s warmth and safety. I knew that I would live a happy life with Laura and Ryan. While Laura was cuddling me Ryan was getting attacked by my brothers and sisters as if they were so desperate and saying “ please please oh please take ME home!” They left the room to sign some papers. Laura comes back and says “you’re coming home with us!” her voice is so soothing. We got in the car and we went back to their house.