THE SNOW DAY

 My sister woke me up early this morning. She ran into my room before the alarm clock went off.

"Look outside!" she yelled. I got out of bed and looked out the window. All that I could see was white snow! There was a man shoveling the sidewalk in front of our house. Mom came into the room. She brought us mug of hot chocolate.

"No school today!" she said. I was very happy. My sister was happy,too. Mom left the room to find our snow clothes. She gave me my blue snowsuit. She also gave me a hat and mittens.

"What are you going to do today with no school?" she asked.

I thought about it for a few minutes and then I told my mother.

"First I am going to sleep more and after I'm going to read a good book. I think it is the best idea in a snowy day."

My sister prefered to clean her bedroom, she said it was a real mess, she is so organized. My mother smiled. My sister and I are so different. My mother agreed with us.

FINDING MUFFIN

I am having a bad day today. I woke up this morning and my mom told me that my dog, Muffin, is missing. Muffin lives outside in our backyard. The door of the fence that surrounds our backyard was open this morning when my mom woke up. My mom walked around our neighborhood and called Muffin's name but he did not come home. She asked allof our neighbors but no one has seen Muffin since yesterday.

I decided that I am going to make signs to hang all over town, so if someone finds Muffin, they can call my family. I called my next door neighbor, Kelly, to see if she wanted to help me make signs. Kelly came over and we made signs with a picture of Muffin and my phone number. Muffin is a big, friendly Golden Retriever. He is five years old but he still acts like a puppy. Before we left to hang up our signs, I put a bowl of Muffin's favorite treats by the fence door.

Kelly and I went to the supermarket first. We asked the cashier if we could hang up a sign on the wall. She said yes and wished us luck. Next we went to the library. The librarian told us that she saw a Golden Retriever walking past the library while she was outside during her lunch break. She said that it was walking in the direction of the playground, so we decided to go there next.

We went to the playground, but first we met a friend of mine, his name is Joe. I told him what had happened and he said that he had seen a dog like Muffin near his house a few minutes ago. I was so hopeful. So, we went with him at his house. He took us at the place where he saw Muffin. Suddenly I heard a dog barking. I turned back and I saw Muffin, he ran to me so happy. We came back to my house with my dog. We were so happy.