Anton’s Blog

 When I first heard this word “journey I thought that a journey could be your life or a part of it. I stuck to the idea a life. So then I thought how I can show my life on this story, not an autobiography but what my life is about. My life is about playing sports and getting better at what I do. That is a big part of my life. My father he has been telling me some thing my whole life: “Its only natural to improve” what he means by this is that by practicing the right way you will reach you goals and get better. So this is the story I made.

                                          “It is only natural to improve”     Anton J, Bryan 6c

 Michael was born a fat puppy. This was not because he had too much food it was just the way he was. He wanted to run and play like the other puppies but he could not. Why? – The stupid and selfish human family. All he was allowed to do was to walk in the park, nothing more than that. He would always watch the other puppies play with some kind of a ball. He hated how the human family would not treat him like he was anything. All they cared about was all their fancy things. His mother Lisa was a very kind and loving dog. She wanted Michael to play but it was all because of the humans.

One day the human family was walking Lisa and Michael in the park. They saw other dogs playing with a ball. Some of them teased Michael for being so fat but Michael turned away and walked on. He thought to himself: “Well, some day I will play like the other kids”. Then he spotted another group of dogs that were running around. He looked up and saw what fun they were having. The group of dogs looked at Michael and started giggling. Michael frowned and looked down to the ground. He started wondering why he had to be so different. Then he saw a different group of puppies, which looked nice. “Oh… I want to buy some more clothes”, said Nicole. “Okay”, said John. So they went to the store. Then Lisa said to Michael, “Quick! While no one is looking go run away from here!” “But…how about you, mother?” said Michael. “Its okay, I will never let you live your life around these horrible creatures that say they don’t have enough when you are the one that needs it. Now go, go… “  “But… I want to be with you, mother. I love you”. “I love you too, Michael. That is why I want a better life for you”.

They were going into the store and the shopkeeper said to them: “Sorry, no annoying, loud, whatever puppies in this store.” “Okay” said Nicole and the old lady went and tied them to a pole. “Now Michael, remember the four things your father Jimmy told you?” “What were they?’’ “Okay, don’t forget, they can help you in the future: “You can do anything you think your big enough to do.”;  “The main thing is  - stay calm.”;  “Do something! Don’t worry if it’s right or wrong, just do it!”; And, “Have fun!”.

Michael ran off, and he ran as fast as he could, he felt wind go against his face. It was such a good feeling to do this. He had never run in his life. Then he ran into the park and tripped over a stick. He got up and saw all the dogs laughing. He was very sad and lonely. “Hey, why are you going away scaredy cat?” said one dog. “Yeah, you chubby boy!” Michael walked away towards a lake, he looked into it and saw himself and laughed. He was happy, he was not sad at all. He started to run and he decided to run to the big hill and he went up and when he got to the top he ran back and this time into the water! He laughed and laughed, and he asked himself what was so funny.  He thought that this was fun. He was tired and thought, “I think that I should sleep.” He fell asleep.

“We are not going to the park today.” Michael got up and he found himself in the yard of the selfish human family. “Mom!” Lisa was not where she normally was. Michael was shocked. He remembered to stay calm. He decided to run around the house. He wanted to get better at running. “Michael” called Nicole. He almost fell right in front of her but halted. They went out looking for him. He decided to run as much as he could around the house, trying to stay out of sight. He ran so much that he almost could not stop. Seemed to get better and faster. Then he looked over the fence. He saw dogs telling other dogs about a tournament. He asked what it was about. “Who could run faster then Robert, the dog known to be the fastest.” He though: “Well, if I entered I would not be faster than Robert.”

He ran around the house and thought about it. He thought  “Well, if I am not better than Robert than maybe I should not do it at all.” Then he thought: “Do something, don’t worry if it’s right or wrong, just do it. I am going into this tournament”.

Then the worst thing happened. As if he suddenly went blind, he could not see anything. He seemed to be shoved into something. He jumped around and he ripped what felt like cloth. He then saw light. He was not blind, he was trapped in the doghouse with a cage in the entrance. He could not get out. He tried and tried, but it did not work. Then he remembered the tournament and Robert. He wanted to go in, but now he was trapped. He started to cry. He thought that he was the most unfortunate puppy in the world. Why was this family so mean to him? What did he ever do to deserve this?

Suddenly Nicole came to the doghouse and opened the door. Michael ran and the door smashed on him. Nicole laughed and opened the door and closed it on the poor puppy again. Nicole was going to do it, and this time, as soon as Michael saw that door move, he ran the door on Nichole and he ran as fast as he could. He ran towards the park where the tournament was going to be held, he ran into the park and he hurt his leg against a big stone. He went on to the side watching some other puppy lose to Robert. Then Michael raised his voice and said: “I want to run against Robert”. Everyone could not believe their eyes. They looked at Michael. Then everyone started to laugh. They could not believe that anyone like this puppy would even try to race such a speedster. But when they saw the blood coming out of the leg towards the starting line, everyone thought that this puppy was not just any puppy. “On your marks! Get set!” Michael’s heart thumped but he really wanted to do this. “GO!!” Michael ran as fast as he could. His leg was really starting to hurt, but when he saw Robert run past him, he wanted to run. He ran as fast he could. “I am tuff, I am tuff, I am tuff!” And he was beginning to get faster then Robert. He was about to fall to the ground, when he heard a voice that he had heard before.  The voice was in his head. It was saying: “Come on, Michael! You can do it! Just a little more! Come on!” It was his dad Jimmy cheering him on when Michael was just starting to walk.

At that moment he passed the finish line. He had beat Robert and now was the champion. Everyone cheered and Michael was so happy! “Michael!” Michael looked around. “Mom?” “Michael!” “Mom!” “Michael!”