One day when Patch was jumping up and down on the front gate waiting for Kat to come home, the gate opened and Patch ran out. Later that night when Kat came home, her parents told her about Patch. “Kat, we have searched everywhere for Patch, but we’re afraid he is gone for good.” Kat was shocked. She didn’t know what to say or do. So she ran up to her room and climbed into bed. Kat began to realize how much she had missed Patch. All this time I had my best friend here waiting for me, and I just left him alone, Kat thought. Kat cried herself to sleep that night. Very early the next morning, Kat ran around the neighborhood looking for Patch. She asked every person she saw if they had seen him. No one had. She spent every minute of the next two weeks looking for her puppy, Patch. She hung up fliers with his picture on them, looked in every yard she passed, and even screamed his name everywhere she went. Her friends would call and ask her to hang out, but she refused. All Kat could think about was her lost puppy, Patch, and how much she missed him. She felt very guilty thinking about all the time Patch sat here missing her while she was out having fun. And each time she began to cry.
One day after school, many weeks later, Kat was hanging up new fliers on the poles outside the library, when a lady walked by. “That is a beautiful dog, you have there. Is he yours?” The lady asked. “Yes, he is my puppy, Patch and he is lost.” Kat answered with tears in her eyes. “I’ll bet you miss him, don’t you?” The lady handed her a tissue. “I miss him very much.” Kat told the lady. “What would you say if I told you I know where he is?” The lady asked Kat. “I would be so happy. I would do anything. You see, I didn’t treat him very well when he was home with me, and I want to tell him how sorry I am.” Kat looked up at the lady with tears in her eyes and said, “Please show me.”
As the lady walked around the side of the library, Kat followed her. Way far in the back, sitting in a little fenced in cage was Kat’s puppy, Patch. Kat took off running as fast as she could. By the time she reached the cage she could barely breathe. The lady arrived a few moments later, and opened the cage with a key. Kat ran inside and threw her arms around Patch who was very excited to see her. “I am so sorry, Patch. I missed you so much, I could never live without you. I am so sorry. I will never leave you alone again. Could you ever forgive me, please?” Kat was hugging and kissing Patch all over. Patch was jumping up and down on top of Kat. He had already forgiven her.
As Kat walked away from the cage with Patch walking beside her, the lady told Kat how she had found Patch. “I remember seeing him here with you once, but I didn’t know how to find you. I guess Patch remembered coming here with you once too, and he must have come back here trying to find you.” Kat thanked the lady for finding Patch and taking care of him for her. Kat realized that Patch wasn’t just another phase that she was going through. He was a part of her family and she loved him very much.
With tears in her eyes, and a smile on her face, Kat proudly walked home with her dog, Patch.
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