Dozer
All I see as I stretch my neck just enough for my eyes to peer out of the car door window, is the blur of the pavement morphing together with the trees and bushes that stretch far beyond the side of the road. When I turn my head to look back inside of the car, I first see my mom and dad. They are holding hands and smiling as my dad is driving and my mom is sitting beside him in the passenger seat. My brother and sister occupy the two seats directly behind them,and that leaves me,the youngest, in the back seat of our pearl white suburban that has years of filth spread all over it.
I didn’t have a single clue where it was that we were going. Nothing even looked familiar, although I couldn’t really remember even if I wanted to. My little five-year-old brain couldn’t possibly known where we were going. It was time to investigate.
“Where are we going?” I have to yell so that my voice can be heard over the blaring sound of the radio.
“It’s a surprise. You wouldn’t want me to tell you and ruin that. Would you?” My mom turns around and replies with a soft voice, so soft I almost can’t hear her. Almost.
“No.” I say with disappointment lingering in my voice. Of course I knew that they were never going to tell me where we were going. The only answer I got was that it …show more content…
What I did know was that they were going to bring the dog home. He would be ours. Then I realize that a couple minutes later we are walking to the car with the dog. My dad it carrying him in his arms and he looks like a big black and white jelly bean. As we got into the car, my dad slides the dog to my mom who is sitting in the front seat. I don’t get to see him much because I am sitting all the way in the back of the car and my new family pet is ride to his new home in the front seat. All I can do is sit back and think of a name for our dog. I can finally say that I have a
All I see as I stretch my neck just enough for my eyes to peer out of the car door window, is the blur of the pavement morphing together with the trees and bushes that stretch far beyond the side of the road. When I turn my head to look back inside of the car, I first see my mom and dad. They are holding hands and smiling as my dad is driving and my mom is sitting beside him in the passenger seat. My brother and sister occupy the two seats directly behind them,and that leaves me,the youngest, in the back seat of our pearl white suburban that has years of filth spread all over it.
I didn’t have a single clue where it was that we were going. Nothing even looked familiar, although I couldn’t really remember even if I wanted to. My little five-year-old brain couldn’t possibly known where we were going. It was time to investigate.
“Where are we going?” I have to yell so that my voice can be heard over the blaring sound of the radio.
“It’s a surprise. You wouldn’t want me to tell you and ruin that. Would you?” My mom turns around and replies with a soft voice, so soft I almost can’t hear her. Almost.
“No.” I say with disappointment lingering in my voice. Of course I knew that they were never going to tell me where we were going. The only answer I got was that it …show more content…
What I did know was that they were going to bring the dog home. He would be ours. Then I realize that a couple minutes later we are walking to the car with the dog. My dad it carrying him in his arms and he looks like a big black and white jelly bean. As we got into the car, my dad slides the dog to my mom who is sitting in the front seat. I don’t get to see him much because I am sitting all the way in the back of the car and my new family pet is ride to his new home in the front seat. All I can do is sit back and think of a name for our dog. I can finally say that I have a