Lawrence listened for his mother to walk back down the stairs before climbing into the bathtub. “No, mom! I got all muddy when I was out playing, and I am going to have a bath to get cleaned up.” “What are you doing in there? Do you need some help?” “Lawrence, I didn’t know you were home!” she exclaimed. Moments later, he heard footsteps coming up the stairs. Lawrence locked the bathroom door and ran water in the tub. The creature stopped growling almost instantly. Lawrence ran quickly to his room and grabbed a change of clothes then went back into the bathroom. His parents were going to hear his new pet if he did not do something soon. It sounded like the belching noise that his dad made. A growling noise started coming from behind the door. He set the animal in the bathroom and shut the door. Step-by-step, he made his way up to the second floor, hoping that he would not step on a loose floorboard. Once inside, Lawrence slowly made his way down the hall toward the staircase. The screen door creaked slightly as the spring stretched and he slowed down the movement so his parents would not hear.
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He knew that his parents would be in the front of the house watching their favorite reality TV show in the living room, so he would hopefully be able to sneak past them and upstairs without being noticed. He crept toward the back door of his house. When he reached the top, he looked up and down the street to make sure nobody was looking. With the creature in one arm and his radio-controlled car in the other, Lawrence made his way back up the hill with some difficulty. That settled it, Lawrence was taking him home with him. The creature snuggled into Lawrence’s body. There was no resistance from the animal, so Lawrence held it against his chest. He decided to take this creature home and keep it as a pet, so cautiously, he tried lifting the animal. The creature looked as if it were smiling.
He then carefully reached his hand toward the animal’s head and stroked the fur back on his head. Lawrence tossed the car onto the grass and had to use his hand to gain his balance back. The creature immediately spun back around and began to climb up on the side of Lawrence’s leg. The animal wriggled around some more and appeared to enjoy the touch of this stranger.Īfter a few minutes, Lawrence removed his hand and retrieved his car. Lawrence crouched down and reached for his car, but at the last moment, he changed direction and slid his hand softly onto the fur of the playful creature and rubbed his belly back-and-forth. This time, it rolled onto its back and wriggled around as if it wanted a belly rub. Quietly, he snuck up beside the strange animal, and when he was within twelve inches of his car, the creature lifted its head and gazed up at Lawrence once again. He thought that perhaps he could grab his car back and get away before the creature noticed him. Lawrence watched in amazement for several minutes, and once he built up enough courage, Lawrence inched his way down toward the water once again. After growing bored of the car, the animal stretched out across the muddy bank as if it were trying to get a suntan. It poked at the car with its bill, then turned toward Lawrence with a look as if to ask what this strange thing was. It waddled up to the car and began sniffing it. The creature seemed to be curious about the car as well and swam toward it. That was when Lawrence realized that he left his radio-controlled car back by the water. Lawrence was unsure if the animal was about to attack him or it just wanted to play, so he quickly crawled on all fours out of the water and through the mud, resting on the grassy area above the creek. In fact, it was swimming quickly in his direction. It was about sixteen inches in length and did not seem to be startled by the sight of Lawrence. It had a bill and webbed feet like a duck, a tail like a beaver, and a body like an otter. Swimming in the shallow creek toward him was the oddest-looking creature that he had ever laid his eyes on. When he turned his head to look, he fell back into the water at the shock of what he saw. Lawrence followed the path of his toy through the long grass and discovered it half-submerged in a creek at the bottom of a hill.Īfter wading his way through the thick, muddy bank, Lawrence was able to reach the car and began to pull it out of the water when he heard a splashing noise off to his left. Ten-year-old, Lawrence was playing with his radio-controlled car on a quiet residential road near the San Diego Zoo, when the car lost control and drove off the road into a wooded area.
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