Cookie Monster: A Short Story

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Aaron had grown in a healthy home. There was always food on the table and a roof over his head. Sure, his parents fought and maybe his siblings haven't been real close but they were still family. His father had his own law firm while his mother stayed at home. He never went hunger or cold and he had a family that loved him. When he was thirteen the family wanted a new dog. They had had one ever since Aaron was born but last month it died from old age. With the family in grief, they went to a shelter to rescue a dog. Aaron wasn't looking for a new pet, he wanted their old dog, Cookie Monster, back. The story behind the dog's name was that his brother, who was two at the time, named the dog and it stuck. Then his youngest sister, Eva, shrieked

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