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“Shipley” Chapter One “The Beginning” Trent James was sitting on his bed reading a book. “Trent! Go buy a loaf of bread and a jug of milk.” “Here’s $.50 to get you and your sister some candy.” Trent went to his cooking mother and got the money, then left for the grocery store. Trent was walking down to the local supermarket, which was one block from his house when he heard a squealing animal. It was near, yet distant. He looked over to the playground and started walking to it. He heard the crying sound again. He looked under the slide and saw a puppy crying. He scooped it up and looked for a collar. He didn’t see one. Trent then carried the dog home. “Mom. I found a dog”, Trent said. “A dog?”,Trent’s Mom said. “Yes, a dog.”,Trent said again. …show more content…

Shipley just laid there on his mat. Several months had passed since Trent had met the Australian Shepherd puppy. Trent and his mother were very suspicious about how Shipley was acting lately. Shipley hadn’t ate or drunk anything for 3 days, he yelped every time Trent touched him, and he vomited nearly every time he moved. Trent and his mother had finally decided to take him to the vet. “I don’t know if he ate anything.,” Trent said sadly to the vet “He just came in from outside one day and laid down. I didn’t think it was weird.,”. “Well...Let us take a sample and we will tell you the results of our scan.,” the vet said. 2 more days passed when the tests came back. Shipley still hadn’t ate anything but a piece of Trent’s donut. “I have some pretty bad news.,” the veterinarian announced “Shipley has Parvovirus.,” “There aren’t any available cures for the virus.,”. “What choices do we have?,”Trent’s mother asked. “The only options are to put him down or let him suffer and die.,” Trent cried at the decisions he had. for he wasn’t ready to let him go, but he didn’t want to let him suffer. “Put him down!,” Trent sadly agreed with his mother. Trent then kissed Shipley on his forehead and said” Goodbye

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