The Old Dog
By Spurthi Challa 6A

It happened at exactly 2 pm, Sunday, on Lily's birthday, the moment she blew out the candles of her birthday cake.

Murphy was not to be blamed for what happened. He was an old dog, older than Lily. Lily's older sister, Christina, who had had her birthday in February, could still remember Murphy as a puppy. The little dog was unwanted, a mixed breed stray, born with a limp, a torn right ear, and was the last of the litter.

No one believed it happened, or would happen, especially on Lily's birthday. Time to get to the point- a dog died, Lily's worst birthday ever.

But it wasn't until after a few days weird things started to happen.

It started when Lily and Christina went to the backyard, to give flowers to Murphy's grave. While they came back, they heard a very, very, very, very, very weird thing. They heard a bark. A BARK.

"Do you think the neighbors got a dog?" Lily suggested, though she knew all her neighbors surprisingly hated dogs, or anything related to animals. (Once a neighbor fainted when she went the zoo and saw a bunny).

Before Christina could answer, their mother, Mrs. Bell, opened the door of the house, asking them why they were so late for the delicious and special breakfast.

It turned out the 'delicious and special breakfast' was an omelet with vegetables. Christina groaned, while Lily mumbled if the dog god could send Murphy back from doggy heaven to eat the omelet, as that was what usually happened when they had to eat omelet.

With a cheery smile, Mrs. Bell put plates of omelets in front of them. When she left, out of habit, Lily and Christina put their plates under the table, expecting a-Murphy-that-was-not-there to eat it. After a few minutes, Lily's omelet fell 'SPLAT' on the floor. She looked for help on the helpless Christina. Then Lily gasped. "M-my om-omelet!" Lily stammered. "It's gone!"

"What do you mean it gone?" Christina scurried the floor for it. Then she remembered her own omelet. How come hers didn't fall? When she pulled her plate up, she almost fainted at what she saw.
Her omelet was missing too.
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"Quick, Christina and Lily!" Mrs. Bell squawked. "I'm leaving!" Lily and Christina scurried down the stairs to take a picture with the new flower bushes they had planted last week.

"Smile!" Mrs. Bell pulled out a camera. She clicked a quick picture, and handed the camera to Christina. "I'm late!" Mrs. Bell murmured.

When Christina saw the picture, she let out a cry, and fainted. There was Murphy standing at the corner of the  picture.

The End..........
(Or is it?)