Jenna's Balto

By Twerd

  1:Birthday Gifts

I awoke with a loud "Thud"sound.I opened my eyes with some difficulty and saw my master choping wood outside my kennal.I streched and yawned as i got up,I had to be carfull not to hit my head of the low roofed kennal.I put one paw outside onto the cold wet snow and shivered.I imeditaly pulled my paw back inside.I'd have to go outside sometime so i slowly walked outside of my kennal.My master looked up from the wood he was chopping and smiled.He walked over to me and whispered in my ear:

"Today's Rosie's birthday.We got her something special,we'll be leaving shortly when she wakes."He went back to chopping the wood.Of course!How could I've forgot?It's Rosie's birthday.I wounder what her parents got for her.Would they not have brought her present to the house instead of us having to go get it?It must be something big.I scratched and the back door and Rosie's mother opened the door to let me in.I queitly ran up the stairs and into Rosie's bedroom.Rosie's door was always open,she wasnt aloud a candle in her room and the only light was from the candle in the landen,she was afraid of the dark.I walked over to her bed and stood on my two back legs with my two front legs on her bed.She stired in her sleep and she slowly opened her eyes.She blinked 3 times and then smiled when she saw me.She jumped out of her bed and hugged me.

"Oh Jenna!Todays going to be the best day!It's my birthday and the dog race is on!"I barked in excitment.Rosie's mother must of heared Rosie's excitment because I heard her run up the stairs.She entered Rosie's room and hugged her.

"Happy birthday hunny.Go get dressed,we have to go get your present!"I left the room with Rosie's mother and waited downstairs for Rosaie to get dressed.

Rosie was soon dressed and we all left the house.I wasnt sure where we were going but I followed my master all the way.We stoped outside the carpenter's house.Rosie's mother put her hands over Rosie's eyes as my master led us into the house.The house was more like a workshop from the inside with wooden toys all over the place.A man with a brown beard came out with a wooden sleigh in his hands and he placed it on front of Rosie.Her mother removed her hands from Rosie's eyes.Rosie laughfed with excitment as she saw the sleigh.

"Oh thank you!"she screamed."It's perfect!"She put the reigns around me"Come on Jenna mush!"Her mother had a musher's hat in her hand and placed it on Rosie's head.

"You'll need a reall mushers hat"

And with that I ran out the door.The sleigh wasn't hard to pull and so I could run fast enoughf to catch up with my to best friends,Dixie and Sylve.They were watching the race.Dixie came up beside me trying to show of her new colar,but I didnt take any notice.

"Going to be a close race,eh Jenna?"Dixie said still trying to get me to notice her colar."Mybe even neck and neck"And she pushed her neck towards me.Sylve saw what she was trying to do.

"Say something about her new colar before she gets whiplash"said Sylve who was annoyed with Dixie.I thought I better say something or else Dixie might go on like this all day.

"What a lovely colar Dixie.Is it new?"I said pretending to sound intrested.She blushed and then said:

"Oh this old thing?"Dixie said pretending that she even forgot she was wearing it."Oh ye.Do you think Steel will notice it?"So this is what all this was about,Steel!?The biggiest show off ever.Now that I think of it Steel and Dixie would go perfect together.Well I had the tell her the thruth to her question:

"Im afraid the only way steel will notice you is if you were wearing a mirror".We walked over to the side of the race path to watch the race.Suddenly I saw the flare in the sky.It was the 3 mile marker,the race would be finished soon.The wind blew hard and Rosie's musher hat flew of her head and landed right in the middle of the race path.We both gasped.I could her the beating of paws.The sleigh dogs would be hear soon!Rosie's hat would be squished.There was no way I would be able to run out to get the hat and back without being trampled by paws.I could see the sleigh dogs now.Soon they would be here.A flash of brown jumped from the crowed and ran past the sleigh dogs.Who was it?The brown dog was at the front of the sleigh dogs.He was right beside Steel!Steel said something to him but I couldnt make it out and then the brown dog jumped just as Steel went to bite him.The brown dog grabbed Rosie's hat and ran back to the sidelines before he got ran over by the sled team.Everyone cheered as the sled team passed the finish line.The madia ran over to Steel and began taking pictures of him.Im sure he enjoyed that,the show off.TRhe flash of the camra was blinding me.I turned away from the flash to see Balto standing on frount of me with the hat daggenling from his mouth.Rosie ran over to him and took the hat from his mouth.He slightly opened his mouth so that Rosie wouldn't see his razor sharp teeth and run away.

"Oh!Thank you Balto!"she said happily and hugged his neck."And all to show off to a pretty girl"and she looked at me.I blushed.Balto smiled the biggist smile I ever saw.This time he didn't hide his sharp teeth and I could see his eyes sparkle.I couldn't look away it was like I was under a spell.Suddenly a lump of snow hit Balto's nose and he shook it off.

"Stay away from him Rosie he might bite he's half wolf!"it was my master.It was him who kicked the snow at Balto.I dont know why but I was angry at my master.I was never angry at him.I looked back at Balto but he wasn't there anymore.My master pulled Rosie away to bring her home.I went to follow thwm but suddenly I felt something fury and wet at my side.I jumped away from it and turned to see what it was.It was Steel!Uggh he wasn't wet,he was sweaty.He had only got his hair cut 2 weeks ago to stop him from sweating at the race,it didn't work.

"Enjoy the race Jenna?"he asked.No I didn't.I wasn't even watching.

"Yeah almost as much as you did"I replied.

"Maybe you'd like to come to my hous and share some dog food"Ughh no I did not!Dog food how romantic!In case you cant tell Im being sartcastic.

"Sorry Steel I have to go"I think he got the hint.He rolled his shoulders and I could hear them crack.I began to walk away.

"Maybe your taste runs more towards wolf"I stopped in my tracks,turned around and glared at him.I was about to give him a good talking to but then I heard Rosie call:

"C'mon Jenna we gotta go!"

"Sorry Steel my girls calling"and I walked away.

I soon caught up with my masters.I walked slowly falling behind,there was alot on my mind.One thing was how did Steel know I was talking to Balto?He must of been watching me when Balto gave Rosie her hat.Uggh he's a creep!And then he said:"Maybe you'r taste is more towards wolf" He must of been watching me!I'll try to forget about Steel for now.The other thing on my mind was Balto.Balto,Balto,Balto.I can't get him out of my head,why?

I stopped daydreaming when I heard a load noise.I was passing a narrow long lane.I heard the sound of something hitting a trash can.I looked down the liong lane and suddenly Balto was in my face.I had to be daydreaming.I was thinking about him to much.But then I felt the wet warm mosture on my nose.I looked down.Balto's brown nose was beside touching my black nose.

"Oh"i said in shock.I heard my master calling:

"C'mon Jenna,hurry up!"I looked ahead to where the voice was coming from,my masters weren't far ahead.I looked back to Balto...but he was gone.I looked around but he was nowhere to be seen.My master whistled,I barked in response and caught up with my master,Rosie and her mother.

     2:Sick

I had to keep myself occupied so I could forget about Balto.I decided to go down to the lake.I walked thinking about things that made me happy.I finally got to the lake and lied down.It was now dark outside and the moon was beautiful.The light of the moon shone across the waveless lake.I soon fell asleep.

When I awoke I was alarmed.Oh no my master must be woundering where I was.I walked along the lane and noticed Rosie's sleigh outside the Docter's office.I climbed up the pile of logs placed below the frount window of the Docter's office and peeped through the window.I could see Rosie lying in a hostiple cot.Her face was pale white and her hair was stuck to her head.The Docter walked over to Rosie's cot and gentaly placed another blanket on top of her.

"It's so cold"she wimpered.

"I know,just get some rest"the Docter said.Why wasnt he helping her?Why was Rosie in there?Suddenly I heard a voice behind me:

"Hey Jenna!"said the soft velvet voice.This voice could only belong to Balto the one dog...well wolf-dog I was trying to forget about.I couldnt help myself but reply.

"Oh hi Balto"I still hadnt looked at him,I was still looking at Rosie.

"This just shot from the dark but I was woundering if you'd like to go chase a few sticks by midnight?"Of couse I did it was Balto but Rosie was sick and I couldnt leave her.

"Is something wrong?"Balto asked as he stood beside me and looked in the window.I could feel the heat of his body.I looked at him for the first time since we started talking.He looked like he spent a long time trying to fix his hair.Instead of his normal spiked up hair,his hair was wetted down.

"Rosie's in the hostible,I dont know whats wrong with her"

"i dont know whats wrong with her either but I know a way to find out"He walked to the back of the Docter's and stopped at a door.He un-hindged the door with his claws."I've got the keys to the city"he joked.He held his paw out to allow me inside."Lady's first"I looked at his huge paw

"Oh!"I said shocked

"Big paws kinda runs in my family.Well...half of my family"We walked inside.I could feel the ground below us getting deeper.We were soon under the ground and under Rosie's room.All around us were the rafters holding up the floor and cobwebs."Dogs all over the world