If Me Is A Dog

Some group here in Hong Kong (I don't know who) is hosting a writing contest, and I just can't resist letting you read some of our students' entries. These are all from P5 (5th grade) students, and in fact you should know that they are probably among the best English students in our school. Everything here is exactly as written by the students, spelling and all. 

The instructions for the contest are as follows:
"Imagine you were a pet, e.g. a cat, a dog, a hamster, a bird, etc. Write your story."

1. If Me Is A Dog
     If me is a dog. I must have a big mouth, a pair of shine eyes, a very very good norse, the norse can sniff the food and a pair of big ears. Ha ha ... I eat very very fresh vegetables but I like eat potato chips. Because I am a fat dog and a like eat chips dog.
    Last weekend, my owner gave me many chips, than I ate all the chips. After that, I went to the hospital, because I ate too many chips. Some chips was past the best before day. When I left the hospital, I saw a old woman. She could not pull the door. After that, a man helped the woman to open the door. He was a helpful man. When he left, he gave me some biscuits. I liked him.

 2. Imagine I'm A Dog
     I'm a dog. My name is Tracy. My exterior is ordinary but I was very fat, possible every day lunch was very abundant. My host is Susan, her is very rich but she undergo many difficulty and failure. My life is very good, every day have a worker bath and look after for me.
     But my host was very bad ago. He was a man, he liked to gamble, so he no money and had not look after me. One time, some bad people call him to back money for they, but he no any money. So he was run away and throw away me. I was sleep on the street, the weather was very cold. I'm sick. Susan watched me very pitiful, so she was take in and brought up me.
     Now, I'm so happy. I am going to forget my host ago!

3. If I'm A Dog
     If I'm a dog, I'm very happy. I have a dexterity nose and quickly step. They are my best instrument. But not sure other are useless. My eyes are biggest, so I can see the far away view. And my ears is smallest, but they can clear listen. My host liked me very much because I'm her good friend.

4. I Am A Lean Bird
     I am a lean bird. My name is Winnie, oneself variegated plumes, a couple beautiful the wings.
     Before long previous, I have two friends, they are frog and mouse, they forever are me very good friends. One day, I demand do work is carry charcoal, frog work is cook rice, mouse work is carry water. I carry charcoal period, see a bird and him talk me, "You very stupid, you work very toil... You know frog and mouse work very loose abuse? Stupid bird!"
     I go to home, want they and I change work, they assent. 
     Second day, my work is carry water, frog work is carry charcoal, mouse work is cook rice. Frog is first to go to work, next is mouse go to work, the end is me go to work. I go to home, see mouse die, because it have death by fire. I want say to frog, but it have eat by dog. My psychology very uneasy.

This article was first posted: 15 March 2002

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