"Molly," Mom called from the living room! "Coming Mom," I replied. She was waiting at the bottom of the staircase with a dog leash in her hands, "Grover needs to go outside" she said.

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Grover started running towards the road, I ran after him. His leash was in my hand the whole time, so he wouldn't run away. As soon as we got to the road we slowed down our run until we were no longer running.

I really liked taking Grover for walks. I often found myself talking to, Grover. He knew all my deepest secrets, he knew more about me than I think I know about myself.

It was my job to walk and take care of Grover during on the weekend. My little sister Amber took care of Grover during the week days. My older brother Ben didn't have to take care of the dog (because he was busy with college work). Ben would often take care of Grover when Amber gets sick of him.

I tied Grover up to our big oak tree then went inside to get some dog treats. A few minutes later I came back outside with Grover's big bag of treats. "Sit" I commanded him. I was in the middle of training him, it was NOT easy.

He is the most stubborn dog I have ever meet. At least he's cute though.



I walked in the door just as Mom was leaving to take Amber to her ballet lessons.

Hmm, what should I do. I was the only one home at the time. Dad was at work. He worked almost all the time. He only...