Hi. I’m Tom, a schoolteacher. I spend my summers traveling around the country in my car. I see the

    sights, meet a lot of people and have a great time. This is one of my stories.

This happened every morning, but one day it made Charger so mad that he kicked the fence and broke part of the fence post.  It didn’t fall down. The wire was still holding it up but when I touched it the whole fence wobbled.  I called the owners so they could fix it.  When I told them what happened, they laughed and said, “That’s the way horses are. They live by a pecking order. The strongest one eats first”

 There was a young mare, named Shy that always had to stand out in the field and watch the others eat my carrots.  The others wouldn’t let her come close to me.  But I want you to know that me and Shy were smarter than those other horses. 

 I would pretend I was out of carrots and walk away from the fence. Then while the other horses were meandering around, I would sneak down the fence line and hide behind some trees.  Shy would wait until I was hiding and then she would ever so casually, come over and hide behind the trees with me, to get her carrots.  Needless to say, she got the most, every day.

One day me and several other campers decided to have a watermelon feast. I cut my melon, laid it out on my picnic table and went back inside to wait for my guests. When I came back out there were 3 wild turkeys eating the seeds from my melons. It was great. 

(Have you ever camped in a cabin?)                               

 I’ll write later,

 Travelin’ Tom

Hi,

My name is Jeremy.  I am 7 years old. I live in Colorado.  I will tell you about my pets. 

I have a brother named Mark.  He is younger than me and wants to follow me everywhere I go. He bothers me a lot, but that’s okay. He’s nice. 

I have 4 dogs. Luke, Justine, Sugar and Ranger.  Luke is a big black Lab.  I’m scared of the dark, so Mama lets Luke sleep on the floor, by my bed. What she doesn’t know is that when she closes my bedroom door, I get Luke up on the bed with me.  That way I am safe.  Did you ever have a dog like Luke?

Ranger is part poodle and part Weenie dog.  He barks all the time.  He plays chase with me.  He pulls on my pant leg and growls. He’s funny when he does that.

I have a cat named Sam.  He likes my dad best. He always wants to sit on my dad’s lap.  He eats cat food and carrots.

I have a parakeet but he doesn’t talk. He will sit on my finger, if I stay still.  I wanted to name him Budge or Pert. Mom suggested I name him Perty Budge, so I did.  He is blue and white.  I took him to school for show and tell one time. The teacher gave him a paper clip and he went crazy over it.  He got so noisy, playing with it that the teacher had to cover up his cage with a towel, so he would be quiet.

I like pets and am glad we have a lot of them. 

I hope you are feeling fine.  If you are not, I think you would feel better if you remember one of your pets. What kind of pets did you have when you were a kid?  Do you have stories about them?

Your friend,

      Jeremy