“Marissa will be taking Blu home today.” Mr Funk said aloud to the class. He tossed me over to Marissa. I had never met Marissa before. She held me gently to make sure she didn't drop me. She told me that we were going to Mrs. Raymond’s classroom for rotations.
“What are rotations?” I asked. “Well, every Friday at the end of the day,” Marissa started to say. “Each class gets to go to a different classroom to be taught by a different fifth grade teacher. And today, we just happen to be going to Mrs. Raymond’s room.” Now that Marissa had told me, I understood what we were doing and where we were going.
“Can somebody please raise their hand and tell me what the main idea of what we just read about was?” I heard Mrs. Raymond say. Marissa was holding me in her lap when one of Marissa’s classmates answered. Just a moment later, the bell rang.
I found myself in the deep dark depths of Marissa’s backpack. I stood up and looked around for something to do. I saw some gum at the bottom of her backpack and immediately started climbing down to get a piece. Just as I finally reached the gum, a hand reached in and grabbed me. I soon found out that Marissa had just pulled me out of her backpack. We were inside of her house already, and I started looking around. I saw two boys who looked about thirteen or fourteen years old. She introduced me to her brothers, John and Cyrus, who were actually the boys I was just looking at. Marissa took into the kitchen where she started looking for a snack. “Stay put,”Marissa said, setting me on the table. “I don’t want you getting lost.” As soon as she turned around, I jumped off the table and ran into the living room. I only wanted to explore. But what I soon found out was that Marissa had a dog, Zeus. I began to shake. I was so scared I couldn't move. The dog was approaching, and I did not know what to do. Soon Zeus was staring straight at me and was about an inch away. I shouted for Marissa to come save me, but she didn't hear me. Suddenly, the puppy licked me all over my face and picked me up. I was hanging from his mouth as he trotted into the kitchen. He skidded into the kitchen and accidentally ran into Marissa. She turned around and commanded Zeus to drop me. Not listening, the puppy ran upstairs and into Marissa’s bedroom. Then he set me down. He pounced around. I stood up and introduced myself nervously.
“Hi, I’m Blu.” I said. Zeus sat down and stared at me. “Good dog. Can I pet you?”I said, this time not as nervously. He barked and I took that as a yes. I approached him slowly. He was calm so I reached out and pet his head. I was normally scared of other animals, but I wasn’t so scared with Zeus. I continued to stroke his head slowly. Then Marissa rushed in. She picked me up quickly. “Zeus! I’ve told you before, you can’t eat my schoolwork!”Said Marissa. She asked me if I was alright, and I was. Marissa took me back downstairs. By now it was five o’clock, and Marissa said that in a little bit we’d go to dinner with her family. I helped Marissa write a story about a handsome bear named Blue. Marissa said it was almost as if we were writing about him. “Nonsense, this bear’s name is spelling with an ‘e’ at the end!”I answered. Marissa’s mom came home and Marissa introduced me to her. Then her parents took us out to dinner. I was so tired from playing with Marissa’s puppy, that I drifted off to sleep.
“Wake up,”Marissa said. “The food is ready.” I found myself inside a sushi restaurant with Marissa’s family. A waitress set down a tray of food, then left. It was an california roll, an avocado roll, and a few other things I can’t pronounce. I ate quickly. By the time I was finished, Marissa and her brothers were finished, too. We all went outside and played tag. Soon, Marissa’s parents came out and we had to go. Again, I fell asleep in the car. When I woke up again, Marissa was carrying me inside the house. “Blu, it’s eight o’clock. I’m going to write a bit more and then we can go to sleep.”She said. Marissa took her writing items and went upstairs to sit at her desk and write. She wrote while I played with her other stuffed animals. My favorite one was a big bunny which I named Rosy. We played hide-and-seek with the other stuffed animals for about an hour. Then, at nine thirty, Marissa said we had to go to sleep. She made me a little bed that I could sleep on with baby blankets and the smallest pillow she could find. After she tucked me in, and she got in bed and turned off the light, Marissa fell fast asleep. I found a computer to use and started writing to you guys. Now it’s about ten thirty and I am getting tired. So I have to go now. Goodnight, friends!
~Blu
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