"Sleddy" a story by: Raimy

Illustrated by: Raimy

In a little snowy town in a crushed boat lived a Wolf Dog. She was brown, pretty, young and pregnant. When her pups where born she had 7 pups: 3 black ones, 3 brown ones and 1 white one. She did not know why the white one couldn’t do anything the others did. The mother decided to call the whit one “Sleddy” because the pups’ dad was a sled dog and he always won.

One day all the pups were playing in the snow. Two black ones and a brown one went running around the boat. Two brown ones, Sleddy and a black one went to hide in the snow. The mother just watched them play. But when she called them to get inside Sleddy was missing. She looked all around the boat but she wasn’t there.

She was in a cave and the opening was blocked with snow. She just had to walk through the cold cave. She saw three snow balls with pictures on them. She heard a little voice on the side of the cave. She followed the sound till she saw a snow-fairy dancing in the snow. When the fairy saw her it whistled so loud that it woke all the other snow fairies and they stared to dance in the snow too.

The first fairy that saw her said with a so sweet voice: ”Hello I am Sparkle.”

“I’m Sleddy. Hi.”

Sparkle jumped into the music. All the fairies started to dance around Sleddy. Even though the dancing was lovely she had to go. She said good by and went on.

Sleddy grabbed her courage and ran as fast as she could and tried to get out of the cold cave. Every time she looked at the ice and saw her self she didn’t see just her self but her family with her. She really missed her family so much. So the seventh time she looked at the reflections she ran through the cave and this time she knew that she could not find her mother so now she’s after her father in the race. Soon she found the end of the cave.

But that did not stop her she started to dig and she got under the cave. When she got out she was not in her home she was in the city.

Then a child tried to catch Sleddy but he didn’t. Then six more children tried to catch her, but Sleddy ran into a moving box and the children could not find her. They looked in seven pleases: 1.The Trash can 2.Under the car

3. In the Snow 4.In the Mail Box 5.By the Park 6.In the Pet Store 7.In Mr. Macys Hat. But they never found Sleddy.

When the children left, Sleddy went down seven steps and found a … Pony. It was brown, shaggy, old and tied to a fence. When the pony saw her it was frightened. Sleddy bit the rope and let the poor pony free.

The pony said: ”Hello, young one I am Tony.”

“Hello I am Sleddy, nice to meet you.”

“What are you doing here Sleddy?”

“Well I’m trying to go to my father to go home and not get lost again.”

“Who is your father?”

“My mother told me he was the champion sled dog in the city.”

“I know! The Silver Slick Sled Husky! I can take you there if you want.”

“Oh please do take me there.”

“Ok, hold on tight.”

Then Tony ran with Sleddy on his back. And the two friends ran towards the race. Sleddy kept encouraging Tony so he would get there before the race began, so they wouldn’t miss him. Sleddy encouraged Tony seven times and then he went faster then ever before.

When they got there she didn’t know which one was her father. Tony told her which one was her father and she went towards him and said “Are you my father? Are you? Are you?”

“Only if your name is Sleddy.”

“I am! I am! My name is Sleddy and I came here to stay here with you.”

“Would you race with us?”

“I would if I knew how. I can’t. You have six dogs in your team already.”

Tony and Sparkle got closer.

“Think of your big adventure,” said Sparkle.

“What was your number? Tell us please,” said Tony.

Then Sleddy said, “Well in my family their are seven puppies and I looked at my reflection seven times and seven children tried to catch me, they looked in seven places and Sparkle has seven letters in it S-P-A-R-K-L-E and I encouraged Tony seven times, I went down seven steps to find him and now their will be seven dogs in a sled dog race. Come on, we’ve got a race to win.”

Then her father hooked Sleddy to the other dogs and she was the lead dog in this race. The gun went off and the dogs ran. It was a long way but Sleddy knew she could make it before the other dogs made it there.

Sleddy realized that another sled was faster then hers. Sleddy remembered a story that her Mom told her of a dog that won a race with faith. Sleddy started to have more faith and her team went faster and faster. It passed 16 hours. The race was almost done. Sleddy was in the lead. The flag was waving and suddenly a sled was an inch faster. Sleddy had all the faith that she could and then Sparkle appeared and flew around the other team and distracted it. Sleddy was faster again and she won the big race and a first place blue ribbon.

“You’re a winner!” shouted Sleddy’s friends.

Then Sleddy went home with her father and she told her family the story that I just told you.

THE END