Marley and Me

My  name  is  John  Grogan  and  I  love  dogs.  When  I  was  ten  years  old,  my  father  gave  me  my  first  dog.  I  called  him  Sean.  Sean  was  my  best  friend.  He  went  everywhere  with  me  and  he  was  very  obedient.

When  I  called  him,  he  came  to  me.  He  played  with  me  and  he  walked  next  to  me  without  a  leash  in  the  car.  He  sat  next  to  me  quietly.  After  many  years,  Sean  died.  He  was  14  years  old.

By  that  time.  I  wasn't  a  boy.  I  was  a  man.  I  had  my  first  job.  Sean  was  a  great  dog.

I  wanted  to  get  another  dog,  but  it  had  to  be  as  wonderful  as  Sean.  Some  years  later  I  moved  to  Florida  and  married  Jeannie.  Jenny  and  I  had  jobs  with  newspapers.  We  were  very  happy.  We  were  young  and  in  love  and  life  was  wonderful.

One  day  I  bought  a  plant  for  Jenny.  It  was  very  large,  with  beautiful  white  flower.  Jenny  loved  it,  maybe  too  much.  Every  day  she  gave  it  water.  In  the  end,  the  plant  got  sick  and  died.

Some  days  later  I  woke  up  early.  Jenny  wasn't  in  bed.  I  found  her  at  the  table  with  a  newspaper.  She  had  a  red  pin  in  her  hand.  She  had  a  red  pin  in  her  hand.

She  jenny,  I  said,  what  are  you  doing?  It  was  open  at  a  page  of  ads.  Look  at  this,  John,  she  said.  I  saw  an  ad  with  a  big  red  line  under  it.  Beautiful  Labrador  puppies,  five  weeks  old.

I  can't  forget  about  that  plant.  I  can't  forget  about  that  plant.  How  couldn't  I  look  after  a  plant?  I  only  had  to  give  it  water,  but  I  killed  it.  She  looked  sad,  but  then  she  smiled.

But  then  she  smiled.  I  can't  look  after  a  plant,  but  maybe  I  can  look  after  a  doll.  And  later  maybe  I'll  be  ready  for  a  baby.  I  thought  about  that.  Jenny  and  I  wanted  to  have  children  one  day.

But  we  love  dogs,  too.  Our  little  house  was  a  good  place  for  a  dog.  We  lived  near  a  park  and  near  a  beach.  And  the  house  had  a  big  yard  with  lots  of  trees.