The Pig and Kitten for Jenell

by Jenell Buege (2nd grade)

One day when I woke up, I saw 50 presents. I forgot october 22nd was my birthday.Three of my presents were in cages. The 3 animals were a pig a hamster and a kitten.After 3 months my hamster died. I buried it in the back of our house. The kitten and the pig became best friends. They played bery nice in our back yard. One day when the pig and kitten were playing together my pig got a piece of glass stuck in his foot. He oinked and oinked and oinked til I came to help her. Her name was Tiger. The kittens name was Tropical. I didn't have a reason to name Tiger Tiger, but I did have a reason to name Tropical Tropical. I named teh kitten Tropical because it had a lot of colors in it's fur. It had black, orange, white and gray. The pig had black skin. One day when teh kitten and the pig were playing one Thursday, the pig and kitten fell into Mr. Gorfs trap which is really for other animals like a wolf or a deer. But he took them anyway. He took them to his house. The next day he took them both to the fair in town. He sold thme for $4.00 each. My 7 friends from school named Sammy, Jessie, Robyn, Aubrey, Becky and Matt J and Ed thought that they were mine and bought them and brought them to me. I asked how much they were adn they said "$8.00." I gave them $8.00. I said that they would not get into anymore trouble. The next day they were in the back yard adn they were rolling on top of my hamster and they rolled so hard that they dug him up. I ran out and shouted at them. The next day we went to the fair in our village. When I went on 3 rides i lost the pig. The kitten led me to her. She was being sold at the concession stand. I bought her and said she was mine. I Brought them home and they all lived happily ever after.

my mom sent me this old story the other day in the mail :) things i noticed:

-i liked the number 3.

-the names of my friends are in reverse "favorite friend" order. (sigh) Ed and Matt. haha.

-i wonder if my mom ever thought i'd get over my cat obsession...?

-a kitten and a pig were my first beanie babies.

-my younger had a pet hamster that died. he was last seen alive rolling around in one of those "pet balls." i believe he was found behind the fridge.

-there is no way i'd forget october 22nd was my birthday.

i've started and then deleted this post a few times, so now i'm just going to make a list because i can't form complete sentences. :)

-i love my job. i Love it. even when it's hard, i'm still drawn to it. for that i'm thankful.

-this weather is sinking into my skin...i can feel summer and i want it. bad.

-the more i do things for others, the happier i am. fancy that.

-prayer is more than asking. i was talking with the girls about that the other day, and it hit me too...by prayer and petition, with THANKSgiving, present your requests to God.

-my cat is insane. and if she were a daughter of mine i think i'd be institutionalized by now.

-i'm tired of searching for house. i think i'm going to get me a nice Walmart box. sarah found an ad for renting a MOBILE HOME. hopefully we can look at it next week. (no joke)

ok, that was random. my mind is mush.

the end.

so i'm in the process of training the New Girl as i speak. haha. i'm so incredibly thankful for her. what an answer to prayer. and she's tight-bonus. and all that means i WON'T be working 3rd shift anymore...hal-le-lu-jah. i hear angels.

:)

mom's having me go through some old stuff so she can use my old room for something else. it's been funny to find some of my clothes, notes, etc. i found a couple old journals. i used to write a lot more.

Just because i don't say it/ doesn't mean it isn't there.

just because i don't touch you/doesn't mean i don't care.

even though i can't see you/doesn't mean i don't remember.

and just because i didn't say yes/doesn't mean i won't later.

Just because he says it/doesn't mean that it's true.

just because you made love/doesn't mean he loves you.

even though you think of him/doesn't mean that he cares.

and just beacuse you said yes/ doesn't make his heart yours.

(04)

Lover to Me (me to myself)

as you are coming near i want to draw you on my soul (please sketch me out in pencil so i'll be easy to let go)

i see your innocent lips- i envision mine next to yours (i can spill with sensuality but no emotion can i pour)

reaching out i touch your hand-molding yours into my own (I'd let you take a part of me but the pieces are already gone)

if you let me hold you now-will you let me hold you forever? (if i let you hold me now it'll be hard for me to say never)

(05)

i am SO tired. my body is goo and i still can't sleep :( even better is coming home to this:

jason: hey nell.

me: hey.

jason: so are you up for getting some food, or coffee, or What the CRAP happened to your face?!

isn't he awesome? hahaha. i laughed, coughed a lot, then laughed some more.