Franklin Wants a Pet, Franklin's Blanket, and Franklin's School Play: Three Classic Franklin Stories

 

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Text © 1995 by P.B. Creations Inc.

Illustrations © 1995 Brenda Clark Illustrator Inc.

Illustrations prepared with the assistance of Lynn Adams.

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Canadian Cataloguing in Publication Data

Bourgeois, Paulette

                        Franklin wants a pet

eISBN: 978-1-4532-1874-7

ISBN 1-55074-247-7 (bound)          ISBN 1-55074-249-3 (pbk.)

I.  Clark, Brenda.      II. Title.

PS8553.O85477F72 1995             jC813'.54           C00-931831-0

PZ7.B68Fra   1995

Kids Can Press is a Nelvana company

Written by
Paulette Bourgeois

Illustrated
by Brenda Clark

Kids Can Press

F
RANKLIN could count by twos and tie his shoes. He could sleep alone in his small, dark shell. He even had a best friend named Bear. But Franklin wanted something else. He wanted a pet.

Franklin had wanted a pet since he was small. But whenever he asked, “May I have a pet, please?” his parents said, “Maybe someday.”

Franklin waited for a long time. He often pretended to have a pet. He took Sam, his stuffed dog, for walks. He taught Sam tricks. He even helped Sam bury some bones. But Sam wasn't a real pet.

One day, Franklin asked his parents again, “May I have a pet, please?”

Franklin's parents looked at each other.

“We'll think about it,” they answered.

At first, Franklin was happy because they did not say,
No
. Then, Franklin became worried. His parents could think about things for days and days.

That day, Franklin visited Bear and told him all about the pet he wanted.

“If I had a pet, it would be a bird,” said Bear.

“Why?” asked Franklin.

“Because birds sing beautiful songs,” said Bear.

“Birds are nice,” said Franklin. “But their loud singing may wake me too early.”