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= EXPOSITION/INCITING INCIDENT=

Did you have trouble getting a dog? John Norman was able to get one, but it wasn’t that easy. It all started in the humid, hot summer of July 15th, 1996. It was a beautiful, serene, wet morning at John’s house from the rain yesterday that was as wet as the Boardwalk at dusk or dawn. John looked out the straight, white, wooden, slightly frayed window dreaming to discover his neighbor’s black, cute dog desiring to have one, but instead, he saw a few birds soaring in the air. After John was done looking, his dad told him to prepare the silver ware and bowls for eating breakfast. He loved the taste of the crisp, raspberry, tasty Toaster Strudel. It was almost as delicious as a cinnamon roll. John went to the bathroom to wet down his blonde hair that was sticking up and combed it. If he forgot, his mother would think that he wasn’t that responsible, and John knew that he would need to be if he ever wanted a dog. His dad’s name was Nick and Nick worked at a college where he wrote commentaries on the bible. Nick also traveled as part of his work and saw plenty dogs that he wished he could have. On the other hand, his mom was a musician and played for a Lutheran church, but like with most churches, there weren’t any dogs allowed.

“Can you cook a toaster strudel for me?” he asked Sophie, “I don’t know how to use a toaster oven.”

“Fine, I’ll get up in a few moments,” she said sleepily.

“You should learn how to do it yourself though,” she added.

She reluctantly got up and put the Toaster Strudel in the toaster oven and baked it. He was so famished, he thought he could devour an entire building. John got dressed in his new black shirt that had white stripes. He got up to brush his teeth after that. It was 8:42 after John did all of that. Then John thought about his friends’ dogs. John thought about how nice it would be to have one. He wanted a dog that was nice, friendly, and obedient. John also wanted one that had floppy ears, had soft fur, and one that didn’t bark or yip a lot. He asked his mom about it. Then, when she heard it, she stated, “ No, unless you’re able to take care of him.” That is when he fell silent and told her to forget about it. He didn’t know whether he could take the responsibilities or not.

=RISING ACTION=

John thought about how he could get one first without thinking about the responsibilities. So he thought for 2 hours. Finally, he discovered an idea. He thought that if his mom noticed that a lot of people wanted him to have a dog, she might let him have one. John thought the idea was very clever. So John grabbed a nice, blank, thin, white sheet of paper and a paper and got ready for camp. When he got in the black, slightly showered on, Toyota car, he told his dad about his idea. “You know son, I never had a dog, but I did have plenty cats,” his dad explained. “How were you able to get one?” John asked. “Well, it wasn’t that uncomplicated, I had to tell my mom that I was willing to take care of the cats on my own, and at first I thought the responsibilities would be too difficult,” his dad responded. “Are you willing to take care of your dog if you get one?” his dad asked. “I don’t know,” he responded. So his dad just started the car. John wasn’t sure about that one part, making sure he was taking care of the dog. His mind raced on about what the responsibilities would be. Then the car started to run to summer camp. The camp was as hot as Florida in the summer. At summer camp, he met a lot of his friends, and then when John told them about what he was doing, every one of them signed the paper. Then when his dad picked him up, he showed his dad the signatures. He said that it was good but that his mom would probably want signatures from more than one place. So John went to the pool, library and any people who he saw on his street. Finally, after getting the last signature, he had a total 253 signatures. Nevertheless, John thought that he wouldn’t show his mom until he found a dog that was good for him. So, two days after John had gotten the signatures, he had asked his dad if he was going to go to the animal shelter to find a dog. So they went to the gray animal shelter. The shelter was as gray as an elephant. It seemed to smell a whole lot like dog. The air at the time was hot, but not too much. It was close to 75°F. We went inside the person who was working there showed them the dogs. John saw a dog that was the night sky. Her name was Midnight. Anyway, that was what the shelter named her. She had black fur. So they went into the room. Midnight though was very energetic and was running around and quickly took a treat when either John or Nick gave her a treat. One time, she even jumped on the chair and it collapsed. Both of them knew that Sophie wouldn’t want to accept a dog like that. Then they saw a white dog. So John and Nick also tried out that dog, but since it was a large dog, small children couldn’t own it. Finally, they abandoned the thought of finding a dog for that day. After eating the juicy, cheesy, pepperoni pizza for supper, John went to his clean, blue room. His room was as blue as the sky. Now he was thinking how badly it could really be. First he thought of the responsibilities. He heard before from his neighbors, you had to feed, water, and walk the dog. Well he might as well forget about food and watering. That wasn’t going to be to hard, it was walking and picking up after him that really bothered John.