Fur on my heart by Madison M. (classic children's novels TXT) 📕

and almost tool a bite of the bread I made. "Mom! I made that and it took hours. Now your going to eat my hours work?" I said. She looked very sad and dull. She said, "I am sorry, it's just...life is very hard for me. I almost lost my job and your father is even worse. I am so sorry." Chapter 7

 I looked at her and her eyes watered. I wasn't in the mood of wiping any tears. I hugged her and walked outside. The leaves were swaying and the sky was bright. It looked as if God was telling me to cheer up. I yelled "I can't cheer up because there is nothing good in life right now!" Then, I heared Ash bark at a tree. I picked him up and he licked my face. I put him down because as I said, I wasn't in the mood to be happy. I looked around to see what to do. All I wanted to do was to go to sleep. I heared cars and a loud knock on my door. I ran inside to see my mom open the door and police asking if we wanted a ride to the hospital for a surprise. My mom declined and offered them tea. They looked inside wandering why was there pictures of my little brother if he wasn't here. I answered their "question" and said, "He is dead. He died from drowning in an ocean." I stammered and ran to my room. A little while later, I heared my mom crying. I opened the door and she ran to hug me. I asked "What's going on?" She said, "Your d-d your dad... he he is almost dead. The doctors said that he would die in about a day." I started to cry and tried to shoo the officers away. But my mom said that we knew them. That their sons were in my class. We drove to the hospital and we ran into dad's room. He was awake and he looked very weak. I didn't understand why this had to happen to him, but it did. I hugged him and he stroked my soft hair. He said slowly, "You are just like your mother." I got off his bed and the my mom walked up to him and held his hand. "Sarah, you don't have to be here... It will just make you sadder." He said. My mom said, " I will be sadder if you pass away and I didn't get to say goodbye."  I turned around and saw a nurse walk near the door. She knocked and then opened the door. She held a shot and a cotton ball in her hand. She walked up to my dad and cleaned of part of his hand with the cotton ball. Then, she put the shot on his hand. He didn't care very much. Once she took the shot out, she gave him a band-aid and left. My dad said to me, " Emily, I want you to have this..." He gave me a beautiful crystal that shined when I held it. "I want you to take special care of this. It shows a symbol of my love for you. It shines even when you are down." I hugged him and said, "I love you." And he said, "I love you more than you will ever think." My mom held me and said, " I love you both more than anything." He tried to lean in close, but he was too weak. He said, "I love you all." Then, the doctor came in and polity said for us to leave. It was very dark when we got home. I decided to take a bath and go to sleep. My night prayer wasn't very pretty. I used some very colorful words. I can't belive that this was how it would end. I cried myself to sleep that night. In the morning, I ran downstairs to see if my mom was cooking breakfast. She wasn't even up yet. I saw that the bread I made was still on the table along with the oranges and the tomatoes. I got dressed and tried to sell all of the good I had made. TheRe was only one pice of bread left and I had sold everything. I ate the last pice out of hunger and I counted all the monew I had made. $70.00 dollars. I had sold 30 pieces of bread, 20 oranges, and 15 tomatoes. I went inside and walked Ash. When I came back, mom was up and made breakfast. I saw that we had grits, eggs, and gravy. She gave me one egg and some gravy. I ate it all and dI don't ask for more. I knew that she only had that much left. She ate half and egg and 3 bit's of grits. I was very worried about dad and I could never get my mind off of him. I just wanted him to get better. My mom and I heared a phone ring. She answered and looked very happy. Once she hung up, she grabbed my hand and we drove to the hospital. I don't know how, but we went in dad's  room and he was walking. He looked better tHan he was last night and he was smiling. The doctor gave him a cane to make it easier to walk. They said that he could stop using his cane in a few weeks. He looked dizzy and he almost fell. My mom picked him up and she was very surprised that he was very light. I was so exited that he was well again. Beath and Calon came over to my house. They noticed that my dad was better and they seemed very exited. They played with Ash. We were not talking and I was getting bored. "Well... let's do something. I'm bored." I said.  Calon and Beath said, "No. your dad just got better, we should leave." I didn't want them to go, but they left even when I begged them to stay. I heard my dad scream from upstairs and my mom was crying. I ran upstairs and I saw that Ash had fainted. We rushed him to the vet and she was very calm. They checked him and he appeared to be ok. He just needed more water. He woke up and we gave him fluids with water. The next day, he was better and able to come home. My life was so complicated. My dad got better, but my dog fainted. I found more facts about my brother, but my friends left me. "Emily!" My dad called. I came and he gave me wonderful looking shoes. "This is for a party." He said. Tried them in and they looked like a shiny blue. I hugged him and I took them off. He said that Calon invited me to a party. I was very exited.

Chapter 8

 By the next two weeks, dad was already running around. He was back to his normal self. Ash would always walk next to him just in case he fell. He was still trying to walk normally. The next day, I got dressed and went to school, I told Beath and Calon thar my dad was better and he can walk. They were very happy to hear that. I said that I was sorry that I couldn't meet up with Calon. He said that my dad was way more important. Our next class was Religion. In Religion, everyone was happy.  We sat next to each other and we wouldn't stop talking about my dad getting better. My religion teacher asked what was all the fuss. I said that my dad doesn't have can er anymore. She was delighted and wrote it on the board. Everyone looked at me and smiled. It was the first nice smile I had every gotten from all of my class mates. To my surprise, they actually are nice. After school, Beath and Calon came over. We talked and talked. Then, we surprised dad and mom with cards, balloons, and cancer free signs. I was very happy that he was better. But I was still sad that my brother was dead. It was getting dark and Beath had left. Calon didn't leave because he wasn't my neiboor and his parents didn't pick him up yet.  Beath knocked on our door and said that Calon and I could have a sleep over with her. So Calon called his parents, they gave him clothes and a tooth brush. We walked over to Beath's house. We didn't sleep and I was studding on how my brother died. Beath and Calon were curious  and read my studies. They were surprised that u had a brother and asked some many questions. How old was he when he died? What were you thinking when it happed. And so on. I answered all of their questions and I went to sleep. In the morning, I got a phone call. I answered and it was Calon. He was crying alot. I asked what was wrong and he said, "My parents think I know too much about your brother and then they were talking. They just pit me up to get new parents. I'm adopted. My real parents are gone." He invited me over to his new home to set up his room. He answered the door and he was wiping away tears. His new parents didn't know I was coming so they started yelling at him that he should ask to invite someone over. I went to the bathroom and I heared Calong saying to his parents, "She never went to Disney. It would be a very good welcome home present for me and a great welcome to Disney present for Emily! I'm sorry I yelled I just-" BANG! I heared a loud noise like someone got hit and then I ran out to see Calon on the floor. His dad was holding a metal stick in his hand. I ran to him and knelt on the floor. I saw his parents talking very low buy not quite like a whisper. His brown hair was covered with red blood. I tried to reach the phine, but his mom took it away from me. They pocked me up and threw me out of the house. I was banging on the door asking for them to let me in. An old man approached me and asked what