Page 9 - Barbie - Issue 134 (May 2015)
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Stories
Do you know the story of how Sequin came
to be in my life? Here’s what happened!
“Must have been a bird,” I said to pure white! She was a Poodle!
Teresa, and we carried on walking. “Who would have guessed you’d
But Taffy didn’t follow. She sat right in clean up so well?” I asked her as I
front of the bush, as though waiting for blow-dried her beautiful fur. She
something. We went back, and I peered seemed happy to be clean, and was
into the bush to see what Taffy was even happier when I put a sparkly
staring at. bow in her fur.
There, hiding under the leaves, was I took a photo of her, and Skipper
a very dirty little puppy. She was too made a flyer. We stuck them up
scared to come out, but when I took out everywhere. I also phoned all the vets
some of Taffy’s treats, she came to me and animal shelters to let them know
straight away. where her owners could find her.
“She’s starving!” Teresa exclaimed. “I However, weeks passed, and I
wonder how long she’s been out here?” didn’t hear a thing. In the meantime,
“I’m not sure,” I said. “But I’m sure the puppy stole my heart more
someone is missing her very much. Let’s and more every day, and I actually
take her home and feed her, then we started dreading the phone call that
can decide what to do.” would mean she had to leave.
So Teresa, Taffy and I took the fluffy, After two months I decided that
dirty puppy back to my house. I carried she was now mine, and I christened
her, and she snuggled into my arms. I her with the name Sequin, because
loved her already! of her love of all things sparkly. Even
After a good meal, and a great deal though she is girly, she is not afraid
of fuss from my sisters, the puppy was to get dirty when she plays - she
given a bath. I was ready for her to knows a bath will fix that quickly!
shake all over and try and jump out of She’s a lovely dog, and I love to tell
the water, but she seemed to enjoy people the story of how she came to
being shampooed. To my surprise, she be in my life.
was not brown after all. In fact, she was The End
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