Warlock

by Ryoko Morikawa
(Vallejo, CA -USA)

Hi, my name is Kuma. My mom bought me from a homeless guy when I was almost 5 weeks old for $100, but she now realizes that I'm priceless...

She's a single working mom. I have a 2 legged brother with special needs. His name is Chris. And boy does he love me...We hang out all the time. Mom even says he says a few words because of me, you know, like sit, stay, come, good boy and yes, even bad boy (but we won't focus on that one...)

Mom and me picked out the Warlock costume because Chris loves watching Harry Potter. He watches it over and over with me sitting next to him. I don't mind because I love him. He's sneaky though...he passes me all the veggies on his plate when he thinks mom isn't looking, but she knows...man, mom knows everything...how does she do that???

Oh, and you ask "Why should I win?" Well just look at me...I'm 8 in dog years but look like I'm 4 and act like I'm 2...who knows...maybe all those veggies did help...and no matter what Chris says, it's him with all the gas...Well thanks for checking me out...later...Kuma