I was sitting in my room home alone,it was raining heavily outside.it was the middle of February in alaska.I went down stairs to get a glass of water when I heard a scratching noise on the patio door. I grabbed my dads hockey stick and crept towards the patio.the noise started to get more louder and the rain was pounding down.I opened the patio door and I squinted into the blackness of our backyard but no one was there so I closed the door. As I was heading back into the kitchen,I heard a silent whimper so I went back to the patio.and I opened the door again but no one was there.then I heard the whimpering sound again,so I looked down and I saw a White husky puppy with sky blue eyes. The puppy looked at me with her blue puppy dig eyes,I picked her up and she started to lick my face.I checked around her neck for a collar or licence but she had no collar or licence. I placed the puppy onto our patio,she shook her snow fur and rain water got every where.I closed the patio door and I walked into the kitchen and the puppy followed me,I rummaged into the fridge and I saw a half eaten packet of chicken,and I took a bowl out of the cupboard and I placed the chicken into the bowl,the puppy was already eating out of the bowl even before I placed it onto the floor.then I picked up a plastic box and I filled it with water, then the puppy lapped up the water. I got a towel out of the dryer and I wrapped the puppy into the towel and I dried her. Then I heard the front door handle turn,then my parents walked in my mum noticed the puppy she bent down to stroke her then she said"lucy why is there a dog in the house" I started to stutter and I replied"I ... I ... I found her in the backyard" my dad stepped in and said"well it will be to late to find her owner so she can stay the night but in the morning we will make some flyers and place them around town" I jumped up and hugged my dad,I was about to take her upstairs with me then my mum said"oh Lucy you now the rules no animals up stairs she will have to sleep in the living room". I groaned so I took a old cardboard box and stuffed it with cloth and blankets and I placed it by the fireplace the puppy leaped Right into the box and fell asleep. So I went to bed,the next morning I began to get to work I printed out 100 copies of flyers and I placed them around town,within the hours no one claimed the puppy so my mum paid money to the editor of the newspaper to put a advertisement for the puppy. the next few days no one stepped forward for the puppy my dad sat by my side and said"Lucy me and your mum had thought about this and you have been responsible for the past few weeks so we have decided to let you have the puppy as your own,as the puppy will be yours you will wash her, feed her, take her for walks and pick up her business".I jumped up and hugged my dad then I went into the kitchen and said"did you hear that girl you can stay". within the next few days I got my puppy a collar and a licence and I named her shimmer. don't worry there is still more