CHEWBACCA WAGGY PIERCEY

There was something missing in my life. I took out a loan and got a car which for me was a big deal as I’d never had a car younger than 15 years old but there was some money left over… what to buy…. I have a portrait of the family dog on my wall as she wad so wonderful and I hadn’t had a dog since.. this was about to change. I searched and looked at many but none felt right. One day I stumbled across an advert with the cutest springer spaniels I’d ever seen. I called and spoke to the owners Susan and Paul. They were wonderful and answered all my questions and I could tell they were good people. We spoke on the phone and it became clear these dogs were thoroughbreds. They were so kind and told me the cost. I asked for time to consider because I wanted a girl at the time and they had 1 left. Sadly I couldn’t afford it and called back the next day to say thanks but it wasn’t possible for me. To my surprise they advised that they really wanted me to have one and offered me 1 with an incredibly generous discount. I couldn’t believe how nice these people were being to me. I accepted and arranged to come and meet the puppys.

I arrived at what I can only describe as puppy heaven. A beautiful farm with fields as far as the eye can see and puppy’s roaming free. As I got out my car a chicken darted round the corner, closely followed by a mischievous puppy called Waggy.

I met Susan and Paul, who maintained their status as nicest people ever! They showed me the girl and advised someone had enquired about her the previous night. There was only 1 girl left available and 3 boys. They had been so kind and as I was getting such a good deal I decided to pick from the 3 remaining boys. My mind went back to that chicken chaser. Waggy was aptly named as his tail never stopped! His was crazy but wonderful. 2 weeks later I picked him up and took him home.

The first few nights were awful. A true wake up call and I was panicking. What had I done! This was too much for me. I felt awful. I’d failed.

It turns out most people feel like this at first and as the reassuring stories of other people’s similar experiences came in, I began to be ok and now I look back on those days and cab only be thankful to those people. As without them, I wouldn’t have my best friend with me now.

I felt so inspired I wrote a poem about Chewie. Originally just for me I thought it was good (for me to think this about something I did was huge) I decided to try and go the published route and applied to 5. 4 weeks later 3 rejections. And they 2 offers. I accepted Austin Macauley as they had written a lovely accompanying letter and the rest is history and as I sit here now I’m on the edge of the release of my first published children’s book and I can’t believe it.

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