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““Please come here, Oreo!” Please come here, Oreo!” Lauren Smith begged to her Lauren Smith begged to her pet cat. Oreo lifted a paw pet cat. Oreo lifted a paw and just stood there. and just stood there. Meanwhile, Lauren’s dog, Meanwhile, Lauren’s dog, Coco, watched Lauren’s Coco, watched Lauren’s angry expression. Finally, angry expression. Finally, after several hours, Lauren after several hours, Lauren gave up. “This is the worst gave up. “This is the worst cat ever! He won’t eat junk cat ever! He won’t eat junk food and now he won’t obey food and now he won’t obey me!” she complained. That me!” she complained. That night, she dumped Oreo night, she dumped Oreo outside and took Coco into outside and took Coco into her bed with her. “Don’t you her bed with her. “Don’t you think Oreo is a nuisance?” think Oreo is a nuisance?” she asked Coco. Coco gave she asked Coco. Coco gave a bark, but no one knew a bark, but no one knew that she was formatting a that she was formatting a plan to get Oreo back in the plan to get Oreo back in the house.house.

The next morning, Coco and The next morning, Coco and Lauren woke up to find Oreo Lauren woke up to find Oreo gone. “Oh no! I am the worst gone. “Oh no! I am the worst pet owner ever!” Lauren pet owner ever!” Lauren complained. When Lauren complained. When Lauren went back into the house, went back into the house, Coco set out to find Oreo. She Coco set out to find Oreo. She followed the smell of tuna followed the smell of tuna leading from the door. “Arf! leading from the door. “Arf! Arf!” she barked. When she Arf!” she barked. When she reached the end of the street, reached the end of the street, she found Oreo with his paw she found Oreo with his paw stuck under the trash can. stuck under the trash can. Coco thought: “They pick up Coco thought: “They pick up the trash today! I’d better the trash today! I’d better hurry.” Coco lifted the trash hurry.” Coco lifted the trash can with one paw, and Oreo can with one paw, and Oreo climbed out. He hugged Coco, climbed out. He hugged Coco, but Coco was thinking: “Oh but Coco was thinking: “Oh boy. Oreo can get himself into boy. Oreo can get himself into trouble sometimes.”trouble sometimes.”

Just as they were about to head Just as they were about to head back to the house, Oreo back to the house, Oreo sniffed the air. “I smell fish!” sniffed the air. “I smell fish!” he exclaimed and ran for the he exclaimed and ran for the big box on the corner. There big box on the corner. There were 2 fish inside who were 2 fish inside who claimed that their names claimed that their names were Beauty and Beast and were Beauty and Beast and they used to be owned by they used to be owned by Lauren. “She kicked us out Lauren. “She kicked us out because we would splash because we would splash water everywhere!” Beast water everywhere!” Beast complained. Coco loaded the complained. Coco loaded the box onto her back and they box onto her back and they started back to the house. started back to the house. On the way, Oreo tripped On the way, Oreo tripped over a empty cat treat box. over a empty cat treat box. “Junk food!” he shouted and “Junk food!” he shouted and ran down the street without ran down the street without Coco, Beauty, and Beast.Coco, Beauty, and Beast.

Lauren greeted Coco, Oreo, Lauren greeted Coco, Oreo, Beauty, and Beast at the Beauty, and Beast at the door. “Good dog!” she told door. “Good dog!” she told Coco and gave her a treat. Coco and gave her a treat. “Junk food!” Oreo exclaimed “Junk food!” Oreo exclaimed and ran out of the room. and ran out of the room. Then Lauren spotted the fish. Then Lauren spotted the fish. “Beauty! Beast! I’m sorry I “Beauty! Beast! I’m sorry I didn’t treat you well. I’ll make didn’t treat you well. I’ll make it up.” She put the fish on a it up.” She put the fish on a table by the window. Since it table by the window. Since it was late, the pets and Lauren was late, the pets and Lauren all went to sleep.all went to sleep.

The next morning, Oreo was The next morning, Oreo was gone again. “Go, Coco!” gone again. “Go, Coco!” Lauren commanded, and Lauren commanded, and Coco ran out of the pet door, Coco ran out of the pet door, thinking about what would thinking about what would happen now.happen now.

This e-book is dedicated to my teacher, This e-book is dedicated to my teacher, Mrs. Hedrick and all my friends from Mrs. Hedrick and all my friends from this class.this class.

Written and Illustrated by Elli TianWritten and Illustrated by Elli TianAnimation by Elli TianAnimation by Elli Tian

Starring:Starring:Lauren Jessica SmithLauren Jessica SmithBeauty the GoldfishBeauty the GoldfishBeast the GoldfishBeast the GoldfishOreo the (skinny) CatOreo the (skinny) CatAnd our star, And our star, Coco the PomeranianCoco the Pomeranian

Special thanks to:Special thanks to:Mrs. Hedrick, my teacherMrs. Hedrick, my teacherMy friends from this classMy friends from this classMy mom and dad for letting me take this My mom and dad for letting me take this

classclassMy sister for inspiring me to do my bestMy sister for inspiring me to do my best

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About the AuthorAbout the Author

Elli Tian is 11 Elli Tian is 11 years old. She is years old. She is going to 6going to 6thth grade grade in the fall. This is in the fall. This is the 2the 2ndnd e-book e-book she has written in she has written in this class. The this class. The other is: Where’s other is: Where’s Teddy Bear?Teddy Bear?

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This is the REAL end.

What? You don’t believe me?

If you don’t, then try and find your way out of here!!!

The second part of The Lost Pets. After Coco leaves the Smith house to find

Oreo again, she gets lost in the city. There, she meets someone unusual. Will that strange person help Coco or will Coco become dead meat? Find out in The Lost Pets PART 2.