Hero

Hero

"Which one is ours?" whispered Amy.

Three little puppies were snuggled up in a basket with their mum.

Dad smiled. "Which one would you like?" he asked.

"I'd like this one," said Ben. He pointed at a brown puppy with white paws.

Amy shook her head. "No!" she said, "I'd like that one over there!"

A tiny black puppy bravely peeped out from behind his mum and wagged its stumpy tail.

Dad gently picked up the little black puppy.The puppy was not at all scared. He barked, then licked Dad's hand.

"Yes, let's have this one," said Dad.

At home the puppy quickly settled in. He jumped on Dad's favourite chair.

"What are you going to call him?" asked Dad. "Blackie!" said Ben."No! He is a brave little puppy," said Amy. "I think we should call him Hero."

Hero kept everyone very busy. Dad covered the floor with newspapers. Hero ripped them up.

Amy put water in his bowl. Hero spilt it on the floor.

Ben brushed his fur. Hero bit the brush.

After tea, Ben and Dad found a basket for Hero to sleep in.

The tiny puppy snuggled up in the basket and yawned.

Ten minutes later, Hero started to cry. He howled and howled.

"What's wrong?" said Amy. "I think he is missing his mum," said Dad.

Ben laughed. "So he's not a brave hero after all!"

Ben and Amy stayed up very late with Hero.

Dad got cross. "You have to go to bed now," he said.

"And you!" said Ben. He put Hero in his basket. "Yes. Go to sleep" said Amy.

But Hero did not sleep for long. He woke up in the middle of the night and cried.

Ben and Amy both jumped out of bed. "I'll go to him!" shouted Amy. "No, I will," said Ben.

Dad told them to go back to bed.

"You go back to sleep," he said, "I will look after the puppy."

But Amy and Ben could not go back to sleep. The puppy cried and cried.

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