Story by Beth

Once there was a girl named Jenny. She always wanted a dog so when her mom and dad were eating dinner she asked, “Mom dad can I have a dog? Please! Begged Jenny “Well we will have too think about it”. So Jenny finished her dinner and ran upstairs to her room to get her piggy bank. She empted her piggy bank and she counted all her money. But she only had $30.00. She asked her mom if she could baby sit but she was only nine years old so she tried to think of what she could do to earn money. Then her mom reminded her that she was a fantastic painter then she thought she could sketch some mountains. So she asked her mom if they could drive out to Banff “can we please mom please!” Maybe we can tomorrow ok?” Sure that would be great mom. What time should we go? She asked. Ummmmm, Maybe 8:00. So you should go to bed early tonight, so you get lots of sleep and can explore the mountains tomorrow. And you should get your sketch pad together because we are going past lots of mountains like the Three Sisters. I bet you could sell some of those paintings,” she explained.

So her dad put her to bed but she couldn’t sleep because she was so excited about earning money for a puppy.

The next morning her mom woke her up at 7:00 to get ready. So they got all their stuff and got into the car. It only took 1 hour to get there. She got her sketch pad ready and when she came up on a mountain she wanted to sketch she told her mom to stop the car. She quickly sketched the mountain and then they were back on the road. Then they went past the Three Sisters and her mom stopped the car and took some time sketching the mountain. When they were in the town of Banff they looked for a hotel to stay in for 2 days. They went to the hotel room and there was a great view of the mountains from the window. So, Jenny sketched lots and lots of mountains. Then it was time to go to bed. And her mom said that they would explore more mountains tomorrow. They explored lots of mountains and Jenny sketched them.

When they got home, Jenny painted her sketches and set out to sell them. Lots of people in her neighborhood loved them and bought them. They were $10.00 each. She sold 5 paintings. Then she had enough to buy a puppy.

Her mom took her to the pet store the next day and she looked at all the puppies. Then she picked a cute one and named it Gracie. She bought it and took it home. It was a Border collie cross. She loved it forever.

The End