My first pet

Every child wishes a pet. A little animal father, mother or

to take care of or just to have sisters’ pets

companionship, some children like because they were

puppies because they are playful, other the ones who took

children like cats because they are care of them. My

affectionate and so on. The pet a child or mother used to

a person chooses depends of their say “If you want a pet that means you are

personality and liking. I particularly going to take care of it” so, I agreed on

wished a little cat when I was a child to that and she told me to wait. I really

be my fist pet. However, we do not wanted a cat, and I thought my mother

always obtain what we wish. So, instead was going to look for a little cat. One day

of a cute cat I got an awful bird. my grandmother visited us. She bought a

At the beginning I did not want the little bird. It was awful! It barely had

“chocoyo” to be my fathers and it looked silly. My

pet. In my family as grandmother said that my grandfather

a typical family we took it from a nest. I was upset because of

have had some pet the way he got it. He just robbed it from

such as dogs and its mother. My mother said “well, you

cats and even wanted a pet. Here it is” but I did not

chickens. However, want that awful bird. It did not look like

they were not my pets; they were my the cat I wanted, obviously because it was
not a cat. The bird became a burden to my to give it kid aspirin dissolved on water. I

mother because I did not want to take care did it every meal time. I did not want it to

of it, my mother was the person in charge die because I have started to love it. Some

of giving it food, put it into a cage etc. days later it got better. I decided to get it

But my mother was too busy to look after as my pet not just as a responsibility to

the little animal. Consequently, help my mother. I wanted the bird to learn

sometimes she did not remember to give some words, but because at the beginning

it food or water. My sisters did not like it, anybody wanted it, I think it was a little

so, the destine of the awful old to learn a lot of words. So, it

bird was not something to could not learn to say so many

make them not sleep. words. I tried hard and it learned

Therefore, the poor bird to say “perro” “perrito” “urra”

looked every day messier. and “cotorro”. Well maybe four

So, my mother said that words are not an amazing

she was going to give it vocabulary, but I was very

away or let it go. proud of it. The bird just did not

Finally, I accepted the awful bird. I did want others to take care of it, it got angry

not want the bird because I wanted a cat, when my mother or my sister tried to give

but I felt bad about it. I started to give it it food or just be near it. I really took care

food, water etc, I even got a piece of of it, I washed it, gave it food, etc. as a

bedspread to put over the cage at night in result, it became a healthy and pretty bird.

order it not to get cold. One day it became Eight years have passed and I still take

sick, my mother say it was not going to care of it. It is kind of difficult to do it

live more than two days. She advised me

free time anymore. know that birds live so long! Hey! It is

Now I am in the university, and I am very difficult to take care of a

busy all the time. But I try to leave it pet eight years. Do you

enough food and water. When I returned know how long birds live?

from the university, I spend time with it Anyway I love this

and at night I put the same piece of animal.

bedspread over its cage. When I was a

child I wanted a pet and I got it. I got a

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At the movies
I love going to the movies. Every looked

opportunity I have, I go with my friends worried.

or with my boyfriend, if I have one. I Then, when

enjoy staying there seeing the huge we finally

screen, hearing the characters talking entered the

around the whole place, and feeling the cinema, I got

cold air while I enjoy the story. I clearly even more

remember my first day at the movies, I nervous because I did not know where to

was very excited, and I could barely hide go.

my emotions. The experience during the development

Minutes before and after the movie of the movie was great. When I entered

started, I was so nervous as if it was my the cinema hall, I was very surprised. I

first school day. I did not know which the have not seen such a place. It was huge!

steps to follow in order to see a movie The seats were the most comfortable seats

were. So, I had sat on. The screen was enormous

two of my and the pictures were very clear. I did not

friends did know that the lights needed to be off. As

the a result, I thought something wrong

necessary happened with the lights, however, I did

to enter the not care about it, and I enjoyed the movie.

cinema such as choose the movie, check Something I loved was the air

the schedules, and buy the tickets. conditioning; the weather outside was so

Because all those things were new for me, hot that I was even happier for being

I was nervous, and my friends said I there.

what to do. I was worried about going out still remember all the details of my first

the cinema hall. Because it was the first day at the movies. Yet, I do not remember

time for me I did not know where the exit the name, the movie or the characters or

was. Consequently, I thought my friends even the plot, but every time I go to the

were going to make a joke and let me stay cinema, I remember my fist experience

there. In order me to be lost. Fortunately, there.

they did not, they showed me where the

exit was and we returned home. Some

weeks later, when we went again, I

realized that in all the movies the lights

were off. So, I said to myself “Thanks

God I did not tell my friends what I

thought the fist time.”