Sparky! (2 page)

My mother wasn’t happy, but a promise is a promise, I said.

Sparky, I decided. That will be your name.

I took him outside to his tree.

Sparky went right to sleep.

I made a sign and put it under

the tree:

It was two days

before I saw him awake.

He didn’t know a lot of games, so I taught him some.

We played King of the Mountain

and I won.

We played Hide-and-Seek

and I won.

We played Kung Fu Fighter and I won.

We played Statue and Sparky was very, very good.

That weekend, Mary Potts came over to investigate.

Let me show you what Mary Potts is like.

This is a picture of her room:

Before she even took off her coat, Mary said, “Let me see your new pet.”

I had some worries, but I took her out to Sparky’s tree.

He opened his eyes and looked at us.