• ONCE apon a time my dog came in the back door. it was raining outside and her long shaggy gold hair stunk. she shook and little droplets of water landed all over the floor. i yelled at her that she stunk then went to get a mop. when i came back in there were muddy paw prints all over the floor. i screamed at my dog that she was dirty. then i screamed at my brother to give her a bath. he then took her collar and dragged her to the bathroom. moments later i heard water filling the bath tub. about 15 minutes later i heard a bunch of sloshing and then a bunch of banging around. i finished mopping up the floor and then went to see what happened. as soon as i opened the bathroom door water spilled out and made me soakin wet and filled the floor with water. moments later when the water flow finally sllowed i saw dog and brother with white foamy soap covering their bodies and clinging to their hair. at the same instant the front door opened and my dad walked in from work. we all froze as my dad walked around the corner and saw the watery soapy mess. it tookonly about 2 seconds until his face had gone thru many shades of red and finally landing purple before he let his breathe out. i gulped loudly as he let the curses scream steadily flow out of his mouth ending with: there goes your summer trip to hawii with the dance troup. my mouth fell open as i realized that the $900 i had been saving up since my freshman year of high school, (im a junior by the way damnit) would go to paying for the water damages. then my brain started working again and i rushed out in on breath out," b-but sofi needed a bath and i came in here and he was already doing it" i pointed at my brother," i-i swear i had nothing to do with it please please please let me go to hawii and i promise it will never happen again!" i finished then turned to my queezy looking brother who still hadnt moved and growled,"it better not" he merely nodded then turned and threw up in the toilet. my dad then said still shaking but calmly thru his teeth," fine. you can go to hawii but you are still grounded for 2 months for not watching your little brother properly like you were told." a look of shock crossed my face,"2 months?! not cool!!" my life was over. "your right thats not enogh make it 3" then he turned to my brother who had finally finished throwing up and said," you on the other hand...well, i'll discuss your punishment with your mother. perhaps instead of taking the time to get your permit in 4 years when your 16 you should take that time to work on getting money to pay off water damages." my brother then turned an odd shade of green and another mountain of puke came out of his mouth. with a "hmph" my dads eye brows pulled together he then turned and called over his shoulder," i want this mess cleaned up. no dinner until its done. even if thats 10:00 pm. then to our horror my mom walked in. Sofi wimpered and backed into a corner as my mom walked around the corner. "WHAT THE-" you can guess the rest of my fate