Lenny Story

Lenny

Hi, my name is Lenny. I am a golden retriever, I have got very clean, shiny hair. I am a big dog. I am in a good weight. I never wear a dog collar, but love stealing my owner's hat.

I am a very friendly dog, but sometimes I can be slightly naughty. I love running away to go anywhere. I was born in Bristol, but I have recently moved to London. I love it when my owner takes me for a walk-through Big Ben Park, I always make a lot of friends, but when my owner goes to work, I don't like it because I feel alone, and that's why I always run away to different places, and he always has to go out and look for me. I have an owner called Michael, and I have plenty of friends, but the most notable are Toba, an Andalusian Podenco and Harry, a Chihuahua.

In the future, I want to be a guard of Buckingham Palace like my owner and be very happy with my owner and my friends.

By Aitana Pizarro

Chapter 1

One day, Lenny’s owner decided to go on holiday because it had been a tough year, and he needed some rest. He looked for different places. What about going to Paris and watching the Eiffel Tower, watching the Mona Lisa in Louvre, eating a delicious croissant, in a bistro and finishing in Disneyland; or like his friend Peter going to Rome to visit the Colosseum eating a gelato and eating a pizza in front of la Fontana di Trevi… but these trips were too tiring and he needed to relax, perhaps he could go to Maldives with wonderful beaches and beautiful resorts, but that was too expensive.

“Look, there’s an offer to go to Los Angeles! Decided! next Sunday I will take a plane to Los Angeles International Airport (LAX), and I have to book a good hotel”.

Michael wasn’t aware that Lenny was listening to everything, and Lenny thought he would travel too. And he would visit the fame walk or go to the famous studios of Warner…

But Michael had another idea, he could leave Lenny with his neighbour Betty, a nice woman who is always ready to help. He tells Lenny he is going to ask her to do the favour. Lenny felt terrified, Betty was a grumpy and miserable woman who hated dogs, because when she was a child a dog bit her leg when she was playing tag.

Michael didn’t know that one day Betty gave Lenny a bowl with a bone full of spices and he had to drink a lot of water, another day when the dog was resting in the garden she step its tail as if she were blind, and also she’s the one that when Michael is working opens the gate and let Lenny go away with the hope Lenny gets lost. He can’t stand this situation.

Michael started preparing his suitcase, he put his clothes, and hygiene products. A camera, money, and passport were in his backpack, and he went to sleep.

Lenny emptied the suitcase, put a little dog food and water, and got inside.

The next day Michael woke up late and he didn’t have time to check the suitcase as he always did, he only closed it and ran to Betty’s house saying that Lenny and his food were at home and gave her the keys. Betty with her best smile wished him a good trip.

“Have a nice holiday, relax and don’t worry about Lenny”, but in fact, she thought it was her opportunity for revenge, “this horrible dog will know who I am”.

Michael arrived at Heathrow airport.

At the moment of check-in, the security guard wasn’t able to see Lenny inside the suitcase because he had left the glasses at home.

So, they were on the plane going to Los Angeles…

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Chapter 2

Lenny stayed in silence during the flight, in the back of the plane with many suitcases crushing and hurting him.

Michael was excited about going there, and Lenny too. When they arrived at the airport, the boy was waiting for his suitcase, but an unknown person took it. Michael was waiting and waiting, staying there for an hour or more.

After that, Michel went to the check-in desk and asked the man at the counter for his suitcase and the man said that he didn’t know anything about it. Meanwhile Michael was at the airport worried about his suitcase, Lenny was

overwhelmed in the suitcase, and he wanted to go out because he could not breathe well.

He tried and did his best and eventually he managed to get out. He was relieved as he got out of the suitcase.

He started running and soon he realized he was lost at the airport, and he didn’t know how to come back. The dog was nervous looking for Michael everywhere.

- “Where am I…? Why isn't Michael with me? What should I do?”

A guard passed near Lenny, and he showed an angry face. The dog turned around and started running. However, he had no escape, the boy picked him up in his arms and without saying anything, took him to a kennel.

Lenny bit his leg and went to a very big room with a lot of suitcases and bags of the passengers, then he went into a very big box. The little dog waited for time to pass, to get rid of the guard so he could go out and search for his owner.

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Chapter 3

In the kennels he met another dog called Skyler. He was a German Shepard. Lenny was interested in how Skyler had arrived at that situation. Skyler explained that he was abandoned by his owner and after months living in in the street he had finally arrived there. Lenny also told Skyler his story and they started planning how to escape from the kennels.

On the other side of Los Angeles, Michael made a call to his neighbour, Betty, who was supposed to be taking care of Lenny. Betty grabbed the phone very upset and scared of how Michael would react when she told him that Lenny wasn’t at home.

As soon as Michael knew it, he took the first flight to London.

One week later all London was full of posters with Lenny’s photos. Michael felt so bad for having left Lenny with that woman who didn’t take care of him.

In Los Angeles, Lenny and Skyler were planning to escape from the kennels that night. At first the plan was that Lenny would be the only one to escape since Skyler didn't know what he would do if he wasn't in the kennels. He couldn't imagine being on the streets alone again. Eventually, Lenny convinced Skyler that without him he couldn't make it and he even suggested that he could go to London with him and his owner, Michael.

Skyler had a lot of friends in the kennels, since he had been there for many months, so the plan was that these dogs would distract the security guard while they escaped through a low window. Could they jump out of it? They would find out when the night came…

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Chapter 4

When the night came, Lenny and Skyler were nervous because they didn't know if the plan would work well.

The other dogs understood what they had to do and got ready for the strategy. The guard was doing his job (watching all the animals that were there in every cage) when the two dogs started to do their first steps quietly. One couple of dogs gave signs that they wanted to eat and some of the puppies that were on the other side were barking to distract him. The guard gave the attention they wanted, without knowing what was really happening. Then Lenny and Skyler took advantage of the situation to escape. Both jumped through the window with all their energy. Fortunately, they fell onto a mattress next to the rubbish bins, but on a dark and dirty street.

While they were walking to get out of that place, they found several hungry mice.

So, they began to run to escape from them.

Lenny and Skyler lost track of the animals, but at that moment, both dogs realized that they were in the centre of the city surrounded by many people.

Lenny: “What we are going to do now, Skyler? We don’t know where my owner is and we are lost…”

They started to look for a place to sleep that night. They didn’t find a place until five am, it was a lonely and sad place: four cardboard boxes and two plastic bags next to some containers with whole meals from a restaurant of the area. When they had eaten enough, they lay on the boxes looking at the sky.

Skyler fell asleep immediately, but Lenny didn’t. He couldn’t stop thinking about Michael.

Suddenly Lenny opened his eyes. It was daytime and he heard Skyler talking next to him: “Lenny, wake up, wake up! I got it! I know how we can find your owner. I had the best idea last night. Listen …”

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Chapter 5

Lenny and Skyler were waiting on a porch in the outsides of the city.

Hours earlier, when Skyler had woken Lenny up, he told him the only possible way to get home was to ask Mary for help. Mary was the youngest daughter of Skyler’s former owner and the one who had loved him the most, not like his last owners who had abandoned him some months ago.

They headed to Mary’s house. After scratching the door several times, it finally opened, revealing a 15-year-old girl with raven hair and deep blue eyes. The look on her face when she saw Skyler was priceless. At first, she didn’t recognise him, but when she did, she hugged Skyler and let out tears of joy. But she was confused when she noticed Lenny.

“Oh, dear. Are you lost?” she asked. She let them in and gave them food, water and a bed to sleep in.

The next day, Mary wanted to give the two dogs a bath and when she looked at Lenny’s collar, which had been there the whole time, she saw some very valuable information: Michael’s telephone number!!!

“Now I know who your owner is and how we can find him” said Mary excited. Then Lenny's eyes opened with hope.

She quickly tipped in her phone and waited for Michael to pick it up. In the third tone, he answered and after explaining what had happened, he said “I’ll be there as soon as possible.”

Michael took the first plane to Los Angeles and Lenny could not sleep in two days. The reunion of dog and owner can only be described as beautiful.

“Lenny! I can't believe my eyes! How did you get here?" Michael asked, hugging him. Lenny told Michael about his adventure, including how they escaped from the kennel and their search for him.

Michael felt guilty of having left Lenny with Betty, but he was full of happiness.

“And Betty?” you may be wondering. Michael never saw her again. She left her home as soon as she saw that Michael and Lenny were coming back.

From that day on, Lenny and Skyler became inseparable friends and joined Michael on all his adventures. They travelled the world and lived many new and exciting things together.

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