Personal Narrative: My Colonial Life

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My Colonial life
One cold morning , Jacob woke up. When he woke up his dog was sleeping next to him. His name is Biggie, and he got shot. he is still alive because we took him to the vet and got him special medicine. he woke up cause I slammed the door. So I opened it cause I heard him bark. he came running to me when I opened the door. We were going for a walk to my grandma’s house. We had cookies for her. When we got there she welcomed us in. When we went in we gave

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