My Mommy

I've always thought of Madison as my mom. She adopted me when she was only five years old and we've been close ever since. When she adopted me, there were many people gathering around the cage that held me and all my brothers and sisters. She looked down at me and as soon as our eyes met we knew that we were meant for each other. I didn't want to leave my brothers and sisters but I knew that the time had come, so I was prepared. Then as I was saying my good-byes I looked around and realized she had gone. Where could she have possibly gone? Was it her idea to leave or was it the taller older humans that made her leave? Why would she leave me? The look in her eyes didn't make me think she would leave but there I was sitting in a pen surrounded by the ones I loved and being stared at by a bunch of faces I couldn't imagine going home with. A different girl came up to the cage and pointed at me. That one, was all I heard her say. How much, a tall man next to her ask my soon-to-be -former owner. Oh, that one is already taken. WHAT? Who had "reserved" me? Was I going home with the girl I was so prepared to leave with, or was it just another disappointment? Just then, a car pulled up to the house and the girl I so wanted to take me home hopped out. She hadn't abandoned me after all. Now I felt silly, but what had they left for? Then I spied a carrier in the back of the car. Ooohh my soon-to-be-former owner must have told this girl's parents that a mobil home thingy is required for adoption. Then the girl picked me up and cradled me in her arms. Come on baby, we're going home, she told me. Maddy, Maddy! called out the tall man my girl came with. Yes? she responded. You can load the dog up now, he permitted. Maddy. That was her name. Maddy and I went to the car and she put me in the crate. Before long, we started moving. And yes this was my first car ride so I was a little scared, but before long we arrived at her house. It was small in comparison to my mini ranch back home, but it was perfect.