The Little Green Puppy

A bedtime story for humans

Once upon a time, a long, long time ago, a doggie gave birth to a litter of puppies in a cardboard box lined with a towel. While this may seem like an ordinary occurrence, it was not.

You see, one of the six puppies born that day turned out to be green! Have you ever heard of a green puppy before? Have you ever seen a green puppy before?

All the other puppies in the litter were normal colors; browns, tans, blacks and whites. But the little female runt of the litter was green!

The human family that lived in the house where the litter of puppies were born eventually put an ad in the local newspaper. The headline of the ad read, “Free Puppies!”

Many humans came to the house and many of them left with a puppy in hand. The little green puppy was never taken, though, and she was the last puppy left.

Finally, a family of three humans came. There was a mommy and daddy and a little girl. When seeing the little green puppy, the little girl began jumping up and down with glee. She clapped her hands and proclaimed, “That’s my puppy! I want her! I will name her Greenie. She’s green and beautiful and I want her for my puppy!”

So the little green puppy left her mommy that day and went home with the family with the little…