Everyone is not as different as we seem. Everyone has had hard times and good ones. Sometimes times things people forget about that. Me, as a puppy, was neglected and hurt. My owners would pick me up and drop me in mud, The ground would hurt and I would cry, but they would enjoy it. As a pit bull i was being trained to fight. I was with them for only about 4 months until I was taken to a big house with lots of dogs. This place was better than my last one, but I didn't get much attention and I was alone at night. I was there for about a month until the two best people adopted me.

“Pumpkin”, they would call me. I never had a name before, but now I was glad I did. This new name reminded me where I came from and how much better and happier I was now. I vowed to always stay with them and love them untill I die.

One week they left, they sometimes do but always come back. This week I was staying with my favorite sitter and she would always pet me. While we were watching tv, the door started to open and it was them. I run over as fast I could and started to jump at the door. They walked in, well Juli did but Jen was still in the car, and Juli instead of petting me and hugging me, grabbed my collar and sat me down in my bed and told me to stay. I did as I was told, worried about what this behavior was about.

Jen came in with a small thing. It was as big as me but looked like my owners and had blond hair. Jen set it down and it started crawling and touching everything. Jen came over and patted me and Juli watched the thing.

“Did you get the adoption papers from the car?” Juli asked her, picking up the small thing. I was confused and a little mad. I was being so good and sitting on my bed, even though I wanted to go checkout the new thing.

A few hours passed and I fell asleep. I was woken up by the sound of car key jingling. I shot up knowing what that meant. I ran over to juli with my tail wagging out of control and jumping up and down. Juli looked at me with a sad face and then over to jen.

“We should take her, she hasn’t been out all day.” and with that they let me out. I sprinted over to the car and sat patiently for my favorite people. I was hoping if I was extra good they wouldn’t be mad at me anymore. They come out with the small thing on Juli’s hip. I was getting more and more annoyed with that thing.

“In you go love” Jen was saying to me, but she wasn't pointing to the seats, or even on Juli’s lap. It  was the back of the big car. I jumped in reluctantly and looked through the seats, and I saw the small thing, sitting in a big seat on my seats. The middle row of seats were being used by the small thing that made me stay on my bed for hours. I was hurt and sad. I didn’t know what I did to be neglected again. As was trying to figure what I did, we arrived.

“Hay girl, we're here!” Juli said to me, I looked around seeing the green grass and the playground I have ran around many times.
I jump out and start sprinting around, expecting jen, who won things for running, to chase me. But as I stopped and looked back I saw Jen and Juli and the thing sitting on a blanket. I started to walk over, trying to see what they were doing. They were playing with blocks. Not even balls. I was getting annoyed with this thing. It made my owners mad at me. It made them not love me. Made them put me in the trunk. Made them not run with me.

And worst of all, this thing made it so I couldn't make Juli and Jen happy. I couldn't lick their faces and make them start laughing. I couldn't run around in circles and see their smiles on their faces. I couldn't lay on their laps and make them warm and happy.

I was fed up. I wanted to make Juli and Jen happy and myself. I walked over to the thing, with its back to me. It was trying to stand up and walk to Jen. I walked over and with my nose knocked it down. The thing fell on its face. And me happy looked over to Juli and Jen, expecting to see happiness. But instead I saw anger.

I looked at the thing. I heard it crying. The pain and confusion in its voice.

It didn’t understand.

It didn’t understand what was happening and why something would do that. And in the moment I realized this baby was like me. Pain for the gain of the monster.

I looked down at the baby. Looked at its small face, small features, small tears. I sat down and started licking her face, trying make make it happy. In my objective to make myself and Juli and Jen happy, I hurt them and someone they care for. And if they care for it, then I will too. I vow that I will love and protect this small thing. I vow that I will make it as happy as I can. I vow because after all we are not that different.