The Mysterious Box

The Mysterious Box

“What’s his name?” my little sister, Noelle said.

“I don’t know,” I said. It was a really hot day. We were in the shade then. Not knowing what to name our dog.

“Maybe it should be Fluffy,” Noelle said.

“NO!” I said angrily.

It was in the middle of summer and we were in the Philippines. Noelle, my big sister, Rachel, my uncle and I were waiting for our mom because we were hungry and it was still 11:30. Then we heard a taxi coming. We saw the taxi go through the gate and I thought it was my mom. Suddenly the taxi stopped in front of our house. The door opened and my mom and grandmother came out. My grandmother was carrying all of the shopping bags but my mom, was only carrying a box and her bag.

What’s inside?” I thought. There was something sticking out of the box and it was moving.

“What’s that?” Noelle asked.

“You’ll see,” My mom said. She was putting the box down very carefully while she was talking. Suddenly a dog came out! It was long, thin and black. He was so energetic.

“Aww it’s so cute,” my sisters and I said.

Then we all started playing with him. When my little sister said, “What’s his name?”

All of us just realized that we hadn’t named the dog yet until Noelle asked that question. We were all thinking about what to name the dog when I asked if the dog was a boy or girl. My mom said it was a boy. There were suggestions like Mark and Mike and things like that. Then Rachel said she would think of names from books she has read. Then she thought about the name Max. From a book called Maximum Ride. We all thought about that name for the dog except it just didn’t sound right. We wanted to change his name but still have Max in it. We all thought of names like Max Millionaire but they just didn’t sound right. A name just popped into head. Maxie! I just shouted that name out loud and everybody heard me. We all agreed on the name Maxie. At last we got name for him! Now we can shout to our dog and say Maxie.