Dog wanted! E-Book

Lisette Jupke

• Herausgeber: Books on Demand
• Kategorie: Für Kinder und Jugendliche
• Sprache: Englisch

Seitenzahl: 64

Veröffentlichungsjahr: 2023

Beschreibung

Mia's dream of her dog Mia has wanted a dog for a long time. But the choice has to be carefully considered, and that's not so easy for Mia and her parents. Should it be a puppy from a breeder, maybe a dog from an animal shelter, or rather directly from animal welfare? Together with her parents, Mia finds out about the different dog breeds, their origins, and their nature. Mia and her parents not only get to know many different dog breeds, they can also decide whether the dog is suitable for the family or not. The responsibility and the time required for a dog will become clear to them quickly. Will Mia and her parents still decide on a faithful four-legged friend, or will it just be a dream? Die Übersetzung aus dem Deutschen Buch "Vierbeiner gesucht! ins Englische. Die Vokabelhilfen befinden sich in der Fußzeile.

Leseprobe

For all children and their parents, so that they always make the right decision when choosing a dog

TABEL OF CONTENS

MIA HAS A DREAM

VISITING TO GRANDMA ELVIRA AND GRANDPA WILLY

JUSTUS VON STEHLEN AND HIS DACHSHUND CHARLY

GOLDEN RETRIEVER BENNY GOES TO SCHOOL

ANNA AND HER LABRADOR BALOU

MIA ATTENDS A DOG TOURNAMENT

OPEN DAY AT THE ANIMAL SHELTER

THE SMALLEST DOG IN THE WORLD

GODMOTHER SIMONE HAS A SPECIAL DOG

SERVICE DOGS TO CUDDLE

MIA IS HAPPY, BONNIE HAS ARRIVED

1. Mia has a dream

It was already well past midnight, when Mia was awakened by a noise.

“Au oh crap!” That was her father's voice. “The book of dog breeds fell on my foot!” “Be quiet, not that Mia wakes up”, she heard her mother whispering.

“Yes, yes” her father answered. “What do you think Mia will say to our proposal?” asked the mother. “I think she'll like it”, her father replied. “She always talks about her friend's dogs. We have to think carefully about which breed we choose. The dog should not be too big. They don't get too old and eat a lot, which could get expensive,” her father replied.

“We still have to decide whether we want a puppy or an adult dog,” added the mother. “Better a dog from a breeder or maybe from an animal shelter. Who will go to dog school with it, how do we want him to be fed?”

awakened

erwacht,

proposal

Vorschlag, das Angebot, der Antrag,

puppy

Welpe, junger Hund,

breeder

Züchter, die Rasse

“Yes, there are many questions, we will need to answer beforehand. But maybe we are wrong and Mia doesn’t even want a dog. She is already very happy about her baby brother, which is change enough. Let’s ask Mia tomorrow after a good night sleep.”

Mia couldn’t believe, what she just heard. Her parents were thinking about getting a dog. Maybe one like the one her friend Anna owned? Or maybe a little funny one, like the one her neighbour Paula owned? Mia was very excited and wasn’t able to go to sleep anymore. She was lying awake in bed and tried to remember all the dogs she knew in her head. All of them were beautiful and special. How would she be able to decide, which dog she should take? She knew the name of the breeds of some already. While thinking about everything, she fell asleep with a smile on her face.

“Mia, wake up”, she heard her mother calling her from the kitchen the next morning. “Today is Sunday, and we wanted to go visit grandma and grandpa. Did you forget that?”

beforehand

vorweg, davor, vorher, zuvor

be able

in der Lage sein

It took Mia a moment to realize that she was in her bed and not tossing around with a pack of dogs at the dog park. “Oh,” she sighed loudly, ,,then it was just a dream, I had last night.

To ad, it had been so nice, and I was so excited about having my own dog!”

When Mia arrived in the kitchen, mum and dad had prepared the breakfast table nicely as always. Mias dad was sitting at the end of the table and was happy about his nice smelling cup of coffee, which Ella had already put in front of him. For Mia, she had a nice cup of coco prepared, and Mia noticed that both her parents were in a great mood this morning.

“So, princess, did you sleep well?” dad asked.

“Of course, I did, I dreamed of dogs!” Mia told them.

Dad put his Sunday Newspaper aside and there it was, “The great book of dog breeds”. Mia looked at the book in shock. So she wasn’t dreaming after all? Were her parents really thinking about getting a dog?

tossing

werfen, schleudern, schütteln

both

beide

mood

Stimmung, Laune,

“Is this not the book grandma gave us last Christmas?” she cried out happily.

“Yes, this is the book, that she had given us, and we will take it to meet them today. But before that, we have to ask you if you would be OK with looking at different dog breeds and thinking about getting our own family dog.“

“Would I be okay with it? Of course, I am!“ Mia called out and ran to her parents to hug them.

“Easy, princess, we will have to think about it very carefully. A dog is not a toy that you just put in the corner when you don't want it anymore. A dog like that can be live up to fifteen years, depending on the breed. Some dogs live even longer. And we can't go by looks, we have to see that the dog suits us,” says dad.

“And how do we find out if the dog suits us?” cried Mia. “Yes, it's not so easy,” said Mum. “The best thing is to talk a lot to the dog owners and see what kind of dogs they have, and then we'll think about whether the breed would also suit us.

hug

Umarmung, knuddeln, herzen, drücken

You can ask the kids in your class who have dogs what breed they have and where the dog is from.”

“And when do we start looking for our dog”, Mia wanted to know.

“Today,“ dad promised. “Right after breakfast, we’re going to your grandparents’ house, and they’ve had Shadow the collie from the shelter for a few days now. I’m sure they can tell us about their experiences with their new family member. Mia and her parents quickly packed everything they needed for the visit to the grandparents into the car quickly and they went off.

2. Visiting to Grandma Elvira and Grandpa Willy

Once there, Mia immediately rushed at Shadow. “Slowly, Mia”, shouted grandmother Elvira loudly. Mia stopped. “Shadow is not used to children” said grandma Elvira quietly. “He is from the animal shelter and is still uncertain”. The animals, who have been brought there, often don’t understand why they were brought to the shelter and can no longer return to their old families.

“What happened to the previous owner of Shadow?” Mia wanted to know.

His owner was a bit older and was unfortunately very ill and then died. Since he had no family, Shadow had to go to an animal shelter. Herr von Stehlen is a friend of Grandpa Willy, and he told me about Shadow at the regulars' table. Grandpa then told me, and I was so sad that we drove to the animal shelter together.

immediately

sofort, umgehend, unverzüglich, sogleich,

uncertain

unsicher, ungewiss,

previous

vorher, vorhergehend, früher,

regulars’table

Stammtisch

We were there a couple of times, and then we took over Shadow as a companion dog.

Then, once we realized we were a great match, we got him for good. “Like an adopted child?” Mia asked curiously.

“Yes, something like that,” laughed Grandma Elvira. “If you have a grown Dog from the animal shelter, you do know how big he gets He has been vet checked, vaccinated and dewormed. You pay a small fee for the doctor and food, which is a lot cheaper than buying a dog from a breeder, and you know what you're getting.”

“We are very happy with Shadow,” said grandpa Willy, who just approached the two with Jan and Ella with Shadow in tow, Mia happily danced into the house, where Grandma Elvira had already set the lunch table beautifully for everyone.