In this week's feature, we have more interesting and unique characters. Samantha writes her story from the first person point of view of her pet ferret detailing a true story that happened to him. I love her descriptive language ("I felt like a rag doll") that shows and doesn't tell. Enjoy!
A narrative
by Samantha P.
My name's Rascal. I am Samantha's ferret. One day Samantha accidentally left my cage door open. I wanted to explore so I jumped out of the cage. As soon as I jumped out, I realized that it was too high. However, I noticed while I was falling that she left her bedroom door open! What if one of Samantha's dogs found me? When I hit the ground, I hit my head on one fo the metal bars on my cage. I screeched as loud as a ferret could screech. I was so scared, I crawled under the cage. The dogs came rushing in to her room and barked at me! This was like a ferret nightmare!
I went into shock from the fall. I couldn't move even a whisker. Samantha came to my rescue and got the dogs out of her room. When she held me, I felt like a rag doll. I could tell she was so upset herself. Her eyes were wet and she was shaking as she held me in her arms. Samantha and her mom put me in my carrier and took me to the vet right away. Samantha was crying and I wanted to cry too.
The vet was very nice and gave me some medicine. I started to feel better and went home.
When I was back in my cage I couldn't reach my food bowl because it was too high for me to climb. Samantha noticed that I wasn't eating. She made a solution to my problem. She put my food bowl right next to my water. I was able to eat and drink at the same time without breaking a sweat. Samantha's a genius!
So if you are a ferret, think twice before jumping out of your cage! I learned the hard way. It's a long way down and trust me, the floor is really hard! If your human is nice like mine, she'll let you explore inside and outside every day.
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