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Write about someone who keeps an unusual animal as a pet.

Posted in Teens on Oct 26, 2022

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“Porky.” by Marsha Webb

Submitted to Contest #78

Olivia sobbed her little heart out, her chubby face, red and blotchy, tears streaming from her eyes. A high pitched wailing permeated the room. Erica shot her husband a worried glance and put a gentle arm around Olivia`s shoulder. “Listen darling, Porky is in the sky now with God, she is having a lovely time floating around …” She glanced at her husband, standing beside her trying to be supportive, he had a confused expression on his face “Floating around?” he mouthed. She made an irritated gesture with her hand. They knew this day was going...

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“Wild Things” by Sjan Evardsson

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Every job has at least one task that separates work from not-work; that task that one wishes could be ignored. For Corinna this was the task she was faced with. Separating people from their animal companions is easy when those people are abusive; but painful when it breaks a heart. There was no sign of abuse here, in fact, given the animal in question it was impossible, but the law is the law.She knocked at the door, taking in its large size. She smoothed her straight silver hair behind her pointed ears, making it frame her coal-black face. ...

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“Shades of Grey, but Maybe Not Fifty” by Deborah Mercer

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Never underestimate that word but. Oh, we all know those dreaded sentences like I’m not racist BUT or I’d love to help you BUT. It’s far more versatile than that, though. You learn to see it coming, and to know it’s implied even when it’s not actually spoken. Well, here at the Ambrosia’s Ark Animal Sanctuary (the Ambrosia is after our founder, Ambrosia Hopwood, not the creamed rice) we’re not as hidebound (pun unintended, though we don’t have any cattle in at present anyway) as some others. We are happy to send dogs and cats to homes where t...

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“Bug Snek” by Wake Lloire

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It was teeny tiny, about the size of a big strawberry seed. It was whitish-brown and gooey-looking. Glenda was bending down to get a closer look at the small object at the bottom of her trousers when she realized that the small object had sprouted two eye-stalks and was also trying to get a good look at her.Glenda plucked the tiny creature off the bottom of her pants, and there it sat on her finger, semi-translucent and staring at her with its alien appendages.Glenda squealed in delight, and turned to her girlfriend. “It’s a baby slug! Get m...

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“Deathly Friendship” by Eddie Thawne

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Had it not been the warm reassuring ray of the morning sunlight that seeped through the cotton blinds and rested on the fleshy face of Milkman, he wouldn't have woken up at exactly eight o'clock. He opened his eyes abruptly and almost immediately, squinted. Shifting away from the sunlight, he made a displeasing sound in his throat as he stared blankly for a moment at the ceiling. From the corner of his right eye, he could see the clothes he wore the previous day. The ones he wore to work. Slowly, his mind began to recount how he had been in ...

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“Life with Fenix and Binx” by Varsha R

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"Good morning, dear” I greeted my husband who woke up late after attending the meeting all night.“Are you okay, now?” I asked him, handing his coffee.“Yeah, I’m good. It’s been a hectic night with all those international clients” he sighed.“Where’s Binx?” he asked and called out her name.She came waddling, more like a quick run and jumped on to my husband’s chest. She is the cutest, with brown-white color combination. She weighs about 0.9 kg and loves the way my guy lifts her with his palm.It’s been 2 years since we adopted her from the anim...

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“The Decomposers” by Valerie June

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    “Happy Birthday Jeffy!”     “Mae a with!” my two year old baby sister shrieks out loudly. Elle could be pretty loud when she wanted to, even for her petite size.     I blow out all eleven candles in one go and forget to make a wish. I guess there's always next year, I think.     “Open this one son!” says Dad reaching for what looks like a cup wrapped in girlish Happy Birthday pink wrapping paper. Elle’s birthday was just the month before so my presents were always wrapped in her wrap...

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“The Girl with the Squirrel” by Black Cat 🐈‍⬛

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“Penny? Penny! Penelope, where are you?” I called as I wandered through the house, looking for her. Where was that little rascal? I’d leave her alone for one minute and she’d scurry off somewhere. She’d better not be getting into trouble, wherever she was. That’s one thing she was good at. But I guess it’s only typical of her species, so what could you expect?I headed to the kitchen. “Mom, have you seen Penelope? I can’t find her anywhere.”My mother shook her head as she stirred a pot of spaghetti for dinner. “No, I haven’t seen her. And, Ri...

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“My best birthday present ever.” by Somegenius Kid

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OMG OMG OMG OMG!!! I can’t believe this is happening! I hope this isn’t a dream. Let me pinch myself. Ouch. Ok this is totally not a dream. You won’t believe what I got for my birthday present! I just got a Vulpes ferrilata a.k.a sand fox! It’s super tiny and has a hint of black on the tail too. I have to keep looking at her because she’s so tiny and can fit anywhere. That’s why I need a cage or something so I can keep her, and I can do some other stuff without worrying. I have no idea what to do when I’m going to sleep. I guess I’ll have to...

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“The Secrets of the Butterfly” by Holly Fister

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Ava knelt on her knees in the dirt and watched a giant swallowtail butterfly float past, bobbing on the breeze with each flutter of its black and blue wings. It gracefully drifted down to Quinn’s polka dot gloves and landed on his middle finger. She glanced up to his face, sure he couldn’t feel the touch of the butterfly, and discovered he had indeed noticed the visitor. He sat perfectly still, with a soft smile on his face.The butterfly took flight again in search of colors more tasty than the gloves, but Ava kept her eyes focused on Quinn....

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“Dragons can be pets too” by Jameela Van Der Schyff

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Everyone loves to have a pet at a certain age in their life. From dogs to cats, snakes to Komodo dragons. Yeah, who would have thought a dangerous reptile such as a Komodo dragon could be a pet? Well, meet my reptile loving, friend Lisa. She went overboard this time. “So, he’s your…pet?” I came over to her house for her birthday, only to find out her new pet is a reptile. And worse, a dangerous, man-eating lizard! “Yeah, isn’t he gorgeous? I named him George. You know, after the heroic knight who slain the dragon?” I just stared at her wit...

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“Reindeer Farm” by Nataleigh Sandberg

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When I was young, I used to have a dolphin as a pet.Well, not a pet, really, but he could have been one if I kept him at home.Fins was one of my best friends from first grade to sixth grade. He was a cute, blue dolphin that loved doing flips. I would visit him at the zoo every day after school.My mom was a zoologist, and she took care of the gorillas. But I didn't really care for the big apes. I was fascinated by the dolphins.Mom's friend, Jan, ran the dolphin habitat. She'd let me feed Fins and Tory and Beater at feeding time.Beater was a f...

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“Hayley's Tiger” by Brittani Case

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Hayley Bennet was an unusual girl in an unusual town. In this town everyone is partnered with a different animal. Hayley's partner/pet is a tiger she named Reika. Reika was a white tiger with the most stunning blue eyes. She was Hayley's best friend. A lot of people believe their animals fully understand them. That these animals, often carnivores, were sent to protect them. Hayley believed Reika understood her, but to Hayley, it was her job to protect Reika. Everyone in their village of Melrania had a black panther, Bengal tiger, a lion, or ...

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“The Silence” by Lizzy Duffield-Fuller

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It was one month to the day after George’s funeral when the silence came. The house, which had been quiet and empty since they hoisted his corpse out of the easy chair he lived in, was even quieter and emptier than usual, as if there was an invisible weight in the air. At first I told myself that I was being paranoid, or that grief was playing tricks on my mind. That’s certainly what my daughter, Mandy, would say. The grandkids would probably trot out some pseudo-scientific term for these delusions that they had read about on the internet, ...

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“The Yoke” by Thomas Philbrick

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“Easy, Sam.” He ran his hand down the ox’s ribcage and shuffled toward the front of the trailer. The creature swung his head around, wide-eyed, and his horns hit the metal frame of the trailer. “How much do they weigh?” called a bystander. “3,200,” he replied without looking. “Each.” His assigned stalls were near the far end where the hill sloped down toward the camper village. They were good spots, close enough to the water spicket and far enough from the main door. That evening he sat on an overturned water bucket and tightened the bol...

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