Milton and the Fat Cat
Milton the mouse hated the Lang's cat. It was big and yellow. All that cat did the who...
It was the Saturday before my birthday. My father asked me to help him run some errands. He promised to buy me a popsicle, so I went. First we visited the hardware store. My father took forever to buy a box of nails. He asked the hardware man lots of questions. Then we went to the library. My father wandered through the stacks of books, humming. For a long time he tried to decide between books about Abraham Lincoln and Teddy Roosevelt. Pulling on his arm I dragged him to the checkout desk. Then we went to a convenience store to get a popsicle. While we were there, Dad filled the gas tank. He washed the windows. He checked the tire pressure. I finally shouted for us to go. He laughed. Finally we went home. When I walked in the door, all my friends jumped out and hollered "surprise!" I looked at my tricky father, and he just grinned.
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