Jean Ure - The Puppy Present

“I thought you wanted fish?” said her mum.

“I’d far rather have a puppy! Oh, please , Mum!”

“Well… I don’t know.” The lady looked across at Ginger. Ginger looked back at her. The tip of his tail wagged, hopefully. “It’s a mongrel. Who knows what it’s going to grow into? It could grow enormous!”

“He won’t grow too big,” said the pet shop owner. He pointed at Ginger’s paws. “Tiny paws, see?”

“Oh, Mum, please! He looks so lonely, all by himself.”

The little girl ran across to the cage. Ginger’s tail began to fly in circles. He jumped up, with his paws against the netting. Desperately, he scrabbled to get out.

“Mum, he’s asking us!” cried the girl. “He’s asking as plain as can be! He wants us to take him.”

Ginger renewed his efforts. All the time that he was jumping, he was making little crying sounds.

“He’s begging us, Mum! We can’t just leave him here. Not at Christmas. Oh, Mum! Say we can have him! Please !”

And so the lady gave in. She bought Ginger as a Christmas present for her little girl, because the little girl wanted him so badly, and Ginger himself had asked so nicely.

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