let Sparky off his leash at the edge of the playground near the back fence. Usually the dog was good, and he just ran around real fast smelling everything. Tommy looked around. He saw Rose sitting on a swing. She was in his class, and he knew she liked the dog. He went over to the monkey bars to be closer to her and pretend that he wanted to work out. He didn’t know what to say to her, but he didn’t need to worry, because she talked first.
Rose was new at school. She was okay for a girl. She was pretty. All the guys in the class pretended that they thought she was yucky, but Tommy didn’t. She had long brown hair that looked soft. Her eyes were big, and gray. He knew because she sat beside him at school, and when she was busy doing her work sometimes he looked at her for a while. She was nice, too. Even though Tommy and his friends stayed away from girls he was happy to be near her.
“Hi Tommy. I don’t see you out much without your friends.”
“Yeah! But on Sundays I’ve got other things to do, like walking this dog”.
“He sure looks like he’s having fun.”
“Yea, he’s always smelling stuff. Too bad you don’t have a dog. They’re a lot of fun.”
She stopped swinging, and put her head down for a minute.” We did have a dog at our old house, but now we can’t have one.” She went on. “My mother’s allergic to dogs and cats and horses and almost every animal. She sneezes and coughs. When an animal is in our house she always seems to have a bad cold, so we can’t have any more pets.”
Tommy was sorry that he had said that to her. “I can share Sparky if you want. You can come with me sometimes when I walk him, and you can pet him anytime you want to.”
That made Rose so happy that she gave him a big smile. She reached out to pet the dog who was hanging around her now that she wasn’t swinging. She scratched his head. Sparky always wanted people to do that. He sat down in front of her so that she wouldn’t stop. She found a good spot to scratch, and Sparky’s head went back and his back leg started to wiggle a lot. She sure knew how to pet a dog!
“You’re walking him now, aren’t you? Can I come too?” she asked.
Tommy didn’t mean now, but he decided not to say that. He could do some investigation later. “Okay, he said. “Let’s go. “They left, following the dog across the playground. When they got to the sidewalk, Tommy got hold of Sparky and put his leash back on. He was surprised because Rose kept up good, for a girl. Sparky pulled really hard whenever he led the way.
When they got to the spot where the path to the woods started, Tommy stopped.
“This is as far as I’m going today. I have to do some things. and go home for supper. Maybe I’ll see you at school tomorrow.
Bye.” She said. “I had a good time today. I haven’t made many friends here yet.”
He didn’t want to tell the guys about her walking with him. but he knew that he wanted to be her friend. He just hoped that she wouldn’t be all goopy when she saw him at school, because the guys would make fun of him. Maybe he’d better tell them about meeting her himself.
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