BR1-01: Superdog

     I write about a book, "Superdog". This story has started since a family watch the TV program, "Dog of the Year Show". The TV program introduced many kinds of super dogs. For example, the dogs run so quickly and didn't make a mistake. Then the children said Floppy (the family's dog) , "Look at all these clever dogs on television. Why can't you do clever things like them?" But Floppy yawned and went back to sleep.

     Next day, the children and their friends tried Floppy to see if it could do some of the things they saw on television. Floppy thought, "I don't believe this." At that time, the friends' mother came round. She wanted to take everyone swimming. Floppy was pleased because he just wanted to find a quiet place to go to sleep. When they went out, Floppy crept up to children's room. He knew the children wouldn't be back for a long time. He was almost asleep when something made him open one eye. The magic key was glowing.

     Floppy was in a big city. The city was full of people and traffic. Everyone was busy. There was noise everywhere. He thougt, "So this is the big city! I've never seen so many people. And I've never seen such tall buildings. What a place!" He explored the city and helped many people in various ways. For example, saved a baby in a baby carriage from rolling down a hill, ran after a thief and grabbed him, and saved a drowning boy.

     There was a story about Floppy in the newspaper. Everywhere Floppy went, people said, "There's Superdog! He's a hero." But suddenly the magic key began to glow. It was time for Floppy's adventure to end.

     One of the children was cross when she found Floppy on her bed. She said, "What a bad dog you are, Floppy!" Floppy jumped off the bed, and crept downstairs. "I don't know," he thought. "I'm a hero one minute, and a bad dog the next." The children took Floppy outside. "It's time to do the Dog of the Year course again," they said. Suddenly Floppy ran off. He jumped over the fence and ran away as fast as he could.

     Floppy ran into the park and hid inside a giant pipe. "They won't find me in here," he thought. "I don't want to be the Dog of the Year, and I'm not Superdog. I'm just me. I'm just a floppy old dog who wants a bit of peace."

     After all, I thought "Oneself is oneself , no matter how oneself do." The best thing is to be an unvarnished person.

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