{"id":53,"date":"2009-03-08T09:46:32","date_gmt":"2009-03-08T19:46:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/donnaloren.net\/latestnews\/?p=53"},"modified":"2011-08-04T14:06:21","modified_gmt":"2011-08-05T00:06:21","slug":"a-childrens-story-written-by-dl-inspired-by-our-president","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.donnaloren.com\/latestnews\/2009\/03\/08\/a-childrens-story-written-by-dl-inspired-by-our-president\/","title":{"rendered":"A children\u2019s story written by dl; inspired by our President"},"content":{"rendered":"

Do U remember when our President answered reporters about the puppy he was giving to his daughters that he hoped it would be \u201ca mutt like me\u201d?\u00a0 This is inspired partly by his comment, his daughter\u2019s and my daughter Katie\u2019s English bulldog Lola.<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cA Mutt Like Me\u201d<\/p>\n

by Donna Loren<\/p>\n

In a land where all dreams come true lives a puppy named Lola.<\/p>\n

Lola is all alone because her sisters and brothers have left to live with loving families.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhat will happen to me?\u201d worries Lola.<\/p>\n

Then, everything changed when Lola began dreaming. Her nose twitched with delight.<\/p>\n

In her dream there was a big white house with lots and lots of grass to run and play.<\/p>\n

There she met two little girls\u2026 and they were sisters.<\/p>\n

What Lola didn\u2019t know is that at exactly the same time she was having her dream, someone else was dreaming too.<\/p>\n

The next morning Sasha woke up very excited to tell her sister, Malia, about a dream she had.<\/p>\n

She jumped up out of bed and in a very high voice exclaimed, \u201cMalia, wake up. I know what our puppy looks like. I saw her in my dream\u201d.<\/p>\n

Malia yawns and stretches as Sasha climbs in bed with her. \u201cI know she\u2019s the one. I\u2019ll tell you all about it. I even know her name.\u201d<\/p>\n

Her sister asks, \u201cWell, what is it?\u201d \u201cLola\u201d, Sasha says with a big smile on her face.<\/p>\n

\u201cShe has a smooched-in nose that twitches when she\u2019s excited. Her fur is mostly brown with some white on her face. \u201c<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, as Lola wakes up from her happy dream, she\u2019s disturbed by the sound of barking dogs echoing off the walls of the animal shelter.<\/p>\n

Covering her ears with her paws she whines, but no one hears her. She\u2019s all alone in a glass-walled puppy cage.<\/p>\n

Malia and Sasha bolt out of their room to tell their mom and dad about the dream.<\/p>\n

Their mother is cooking their favorite pancakes in the kitchen.<\/p>\n

Their dad looks up from his Saturday paper and says, \u201cWhat\u2019s all the excitement about? \u201c.<\/p>\n

\u201cDaddy, Sasha had a very special dream\u201d, exclaims Malia. He put down his paper. \u201cTell me about it Sasha.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI know who our puppy is. I really do,\u201d replies his youngest daughter.<\/p>\n

With a wink of trust their father says,\u00a0\u201clooks like today is the day<\/em> to find your puppy.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI hope it\u2019s a mutt like me\u201d their father says quietly to himself. The girls hear him and giggle. Then he continues, \u201clet\u2019s get ready to meet your new puppy\u201d. The family eagerly drives away.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re here\u201d, says their mother. The girls look out the window of their car. What they see is a large brick building that has the words \u201cAnimal Shelter\u201d <\/em>written on it.<\/em><\/p>\n

Their father spoke, \u201cgirls, if you are wondering why we are at the \u201cAnimal Shelter\u201d, it\u2019s because there are so many animals here who need a good home.\u201d<\/p>\n

The family enters the building to the sound of barking dogs and meowing cats. They walk past endless cages of animals that live in the shelter.<\/p>\n

Big dogs with bushy tails and short ones with patches of missing hair.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m scared\u201d, Sasha says to Malia. \u201cMe too\u201d as they squeeze each other\u2019s hands tightly.<\/p>\n

Suddenly, Sasha shouts \u201cThere she is. That\u2019s the puppy in my dream. She\u2019s even twitching her nose!\u201d<\/p>\n

They all look into a cage where a very excited puppy is licking the glass walls as if to say, \u201cyes, it\u2019s me!<\/strong>\u201d<\/p>\n

The officer from the shelter who is guiding the family opens the cage and lifts the wiggly puppy into Sasha\u2019s arms. Instantly, the puppy starts licking her face all over.<\/p>\n

Their mother asks the officer what they need to do to take the puppy home.<\/p>\n

The officer replies, \u201cjust sign some papers and she\u2019s all yours.\u201d<\/p>\n

And, that\u2019s exactly what they did.<\/p>\n

Lola, the happiest puppy on the planet is now in the family\u2019s car escorted by the Secret Service as they enter the gates of the Whitehouse!!!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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