Chapter 5
Chihuanie barked and ran away to continue their game of doggy tag. Ally got a tissue and cleaned up the mess. She sighed.
Ally and I thought and thought. Finally I figured out something strange. “I remember that mom bought Strokses a ball to play with. Before I got to see it, she took him out for a walk with it. When they came back, I was busy on my laptop and didn’t notice anything wrong. But from that day on I never saw Strokses play with anything new. This ball is probably the one mom bought Strokses!”
Ally was really excited. “Where did she buy the ball? I can go on the website and search for it and see if there’s a match!” “Good idea!” But then I frowned. “I’m not sure where she bought it. “It’s alright.” Ally went on to www.shoponline.com. Ally clicked on the label that read, “Find Match” and a page appeared.
Find a match! Answer the questions and see if you can find where you can buy them!
Item name: ball
Materiel/s: rubber only
Description: red, tennis ball size, shiny, bounces, not able to hit very far or high.
Town:
GO>>>
Ally clicked the GO>>> button and waited. “Loading…” appeared on the screen. In less than 5 seconds, it was done.
One match was found.
Shop: Babies “R” Us
Location:
Open days: Monday – Sunday
Time: Weekdays: 7:00 am – 10:30 pm; Weekends: 9:00 am – 9:50 pm
Thank you for using Find Match.
“That is gotta be the strangest thing I’ve ever seen!” Ally cried. “Why would your mother get Strokses a toy from Babies “R” Us?” She said it like she was very annoyed. “And
“I guess it’s not the one mom got for Strokses,” I said. “Wait a minute here,” said Ally. She was looking at the picture of the match found. She put the mouse on the picture of it and it would slowly spin around. Do you see any letters on here?” “No…” I said. “Well…” Ally closed her eyes. With her eyes closed, she said, “I remember when we were at the meeting; I saw the letter “S” written in permanent marker on the ball. At first I thought it was supposed to be there. But in the picture it has no “S” on it.” “So?” I asked. “Well,” she continued, “Strokses begins with S, so S for Strokses---” I cut her off. “I think it really does belong to him! But about the time thing…” “I think you remembered incorrectly. But we have to talk to Boss Lola!”
I went home. Strokses jumped into my arms. “Hello. I’m busy right now.” I went to talk to my mom. And I was wrong! She bought it at somewhere around 10:00 am. And it was exactly like I described it. She said that Strokses did drop it on a walk. Then I caught her. “Why did you walk her over to the animal clinic?” I asked. My mother looked pale. “It…I…” She sighed. “I’m sorry honey. It’s just that…well…Strokses got a fight with Claws. She was injured, and I brought her over to the clinic. It was then I remembered that I should bring her to the veterinarian instead. See, mother’s getting old. She can’t really remember. So I guess when we were there Strokses dropped the new ball I bought her.
“I brought her to the vet. The vet cleaned all her scratches. She examined her wounds and said that she just needed some rest and that she was fine. So we left. I needed to buy some milk and eggs so I went home by a different route that would past by the grocery store. So I didn’t go back to the clinic. Otherwise I would’ve seen the ball. Strokses is fine now. I guess you were too busy with your work, my darling, that you didn’t notice anything wrong about Strokses. I…”
I didn’t let my mother finish. “It’s okay. But now the mission is over!” I gave my mother a hug and went upstairs to my room. I called Ally.
“Al! Great news! I talked to my mother about it…” I told her everything that happened. I could see her frown turn into a smile. I knew everything was going to go perfectly well! That night, Ally had a meeting with Boss Lola on the phone. After they discussed some stuff, Ally told Boss Lola everything that has happed today, about Find Match, about my mother’s story...Boss Lola was so glad!
I took a warm bath. After that I changed into my yellow pyjamas and wore my pink doggy slippers. I went onto www.twyf.sa and talked to Ellie. 3 more weeks until she comes back! Ally even invited me to go to the airport to pick up her and Melissa (if you don’t remember, she is Ellie’s English-expert friend who sprained her ankle a few days ago)! I went to bed that night dreaming about Ally, Allan, Jason, Janisa, Ellie and I at
To be continued on the next chapter…
