Hot Dog

Hot Dog

I once lived in a small pet shop, where there was nothing to do but stare out the window, sleep, and eat. 

One day after some months, during which my whole family had been bought,  I woke up at the sound of food and water pouring into two dishes. I walked to the dish, ate, and drank. Afterwards I went back to sleep. 

When I awoke again, there was a man looking around the shop. He turned to the still slumbering shopkeeper. 

"Excuse me…." He began. 

At this, the shopkeeper woke up with a start.

“How much is that dachshund? I would like to buy him,” The man said. 

My heart leapt for joy. At last someone wanted to buy me! I could leave the pet shop! The shopkeeper replied, “250 dollars, Mister.”After thinking a little, the man agreed. He handed him some  dollars. Beaming, the shopkeeper took me out and gave me to the man.  

Then, my new master strolled out of the pet shop with me.  Goodbye old pet shop and everything in you. I thought.

Outside, my new master put me in his blue car. Then he got in too. While he drove, my master talked to me. I learned that he sold hotdogs, and that he was lonely so he had decided to buy a dog, me!

“I should name you…” he said after talking a while. 

"I should name you Hot Dog!” he said. 

 Name me Hot Dog?

“It’s perfect!” said my master.
Whatever you say Master...

After a little, we stopped. My master took me out of the car. He carried me to a very tall house. I looked up until I saw the top.  This was bigger then any house I had ever seen! Inside the tall house there were two elevator doors. My master pressed a button next to one and it opened. He stepped in. After I was sure the elevator wouldn’t hurt me, I followed. Then, my master pressed a button. The elevator went up! My stomach dropped and I whimpered. To my relief, it was soon all over and the door opened again. We stepped out to a long hall with many, many doors. 

My master stopped at a door. Still holding me in one arm, he took a key from his pocket, unlocked the door, and opened it, revealing a small but cozy room! My master put me down onto a soft, colorful rug. Then he went into another room, soon returning with two shiny bowls, a bag of food that smelled yummy, and a pitcher of gleaming clear water. Setting the two bowls down, he filled them with food and water. I suddenly noticed my stomach growling. It must be lunchtime! Stooping over, I began to eat and drink. The food was yummy and the water was very thirst-quenching. I finished quickly and looked up. My master was sitting on a soft-looking couch finishing off some meat and lettuce.

I decided to explore the house now, but my master took out a comb. He picked me up and set me down in his lap. Then he ran the teeth across my back. It sent a tingling feeling all through me. How nice! Soon, however, I got bored and jumped off his lap. Exploring time. I ran to the door he had opened earlier to get the food. I leapt at it and scratched. When it didn’t open I whimpered, hoping my master would understand me. My master came over and opened the door. At last I looked around. There was a stove, a refrigerator , a sink, and a table with two chairs, and more shelves with food on them. I soon walked back out through the door, looked around, and spotted a door. I walked up to it and sniffed it. My master noticed me and opened the door. I peeked around it and saw a bed with a red blanket, a table with a chair across from it, a closet, and a set of drawers. The rest of the day I played with my new toys. At last, I had dinner and went straight to sleep on the soft couch after turning around three times.  

When I awoke the next day, I thought I was at the pet shop again. Then I remembered what had happened yesterday. I raised my head and looked around. I heard my master yawn. I leaped out of my bed and ran to my master’s room. Just as I got there, the door opened. My master came out. He looked surprised. 

“You're already awake!” he said. 

Soon he filled my bowls with food and water. He went off and began making some eggs. My master soon came out with a plate of steaming eggs. I yelped a cheery welcome. Her scolded me. “Hot Dog, everyone will wake up!” 

Surprised, I went back to eating my food. Everyone? I wondered. You mean there’s more people? We are not the only ones? Then I remembered my trip here. I recalled seeing lots of doors. There must be more houses behind that door, and humans in them! My master finished eating and went in his room. After a little, he came out again, wearing red and white clothes. We went outside and my master was holding me. Soon we were outside and in the car. There, my master said we were going to his hotdog stand! We arrived at a small stand with a giant picture of a hotdog on it. There was a shade over it. We got out of the car and my master opened a door in the side of the box with a key. My master led me inside. Inside there was a table, chair, a oven, and a large box which stored all the food. Then my master tied my leash to the chair and began to call, 

“Fresh hotdogs for sale! Only half a dollar! Come and get your hotdogs.” 

I felt tired but I kept my eyes open to see what would happen next. What happened next was my master turning around and handing me a cooked hot dog. Yummy! I quickly munched it up and swallowed. Mmmm. Now that my stomach was completely full, I just couldn’t keep my eyes open. My last thought before I fell into a deep, peaceful sleep was how lucky I was to have a nice master who owned a hotdog stand with DELICIOUS hot dogs. 

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