Part 2 of The Phases of Kat...

When Kat was ten years old, she wanted to be a rock star. So of course her parents went out and bought her an electric guitar with an amp. For a while Kat fiddled around with the guitar, she liked the different sounds it would make. But soon she became discouraged and the guitar started spending more and more time in the closet and less time in Kat’s arms. Her parents offered to get her guitar lessons but Kat figured that she already spent all day in school, why would she want to spend more time in school learning. After a few more weak attempts at playing the guitar, Kat quit and gave up. Pretty soon the guitar was buried in the back of the closet along with the EZ bake oven.
When Kat turned eleven and one quarter years old, she decided she wanted a puppy. Her parents said that they didn’t think that it was a very good idea, especially after what happened to poor old Bert. But Kat begged and begged. She promised to be more responsible and take care of the puppy all by herself. “I’ll do everything for the puppy. I’ll feed it, and wash it, and walk it and play with it all the time. I’ll even clean up any mess the puppy makes. Please…” Kat pleaded with her parents, but they still weren’t convinced that Kat could handle such a big responsibility. “Maybe in time,” her parents told her, “but not yet.” Kat wanted a puppy more than anything else in her whole life. More than the EZ bake oven, the guitar, the skateboard and even more than the goldfish. Kat decided to show her parents that she really was responsible, “I’ll prove it to them,” she said.
Kat started keeping her room clean, and doing all of her homework without even being told. She took out the trash, and helped around the house. She worked out in the yard, which was her brother’s chore, and even raised her grades at school. Kat really wanted a puppy, but how could she get her to parents to see that? Her parents saw that Kat had been doing a really good job with her chores and helping around the house. And they were really happy with how well Kat was doing in school, so when Kat was eleven and three quarter years old, they brought her home a puppy.Kat loved her new puppy. He was gray and brown with black and white squiggly lines all over his body. He had a white circle around his left eye that looked like a pirates patch, so of course she named him Patch. At first Kat didn’t mind all the work it took taking care of Patch, because she loved being around him. Every time she ate, she fed Patch his puppy food. She ran around the yard with him all day so he could get lots of fresh air and exercise. She brushed him and took him on long walks around the block. She loved spending time with her new puppy, Patch.