Pixie and her Purple Pup

Pixie has a puppy named Pax.  Pixie and Pax are best friends.  Pax is fun.  He loves to play ball.  Pax is kind.  He never barks and scares people.  Pax is cute.  He gives lots of kisses.  Pax has just one problem.  Pax is purple. 

Pixie loves Pax’s color.  Purple is the color of yummy grapes.  Purple is the color of Pixies’s favorite crayon.  Purple is the color of nice flowers.  Pixie thinks purple is pretty.

But…all the other puppies Pixie sees are not purple.  All the other puppies are blue or yellow or green.  Only Pixie’s puppy, Pax, is purple. 

Every day, Pixie and Pax go for a walk.  They walk to the park.  They walk to the store.  They walk to beach.  Every day, Pixie and Pax see lots of other puppies.  They see blue puppies.  They see yellow puppies.  They see green puppies.  They never see purple puppies.

This makes Pixie feel bad.  Pixie does not like when other puppies stare at Pax.  Pixie does not like that other puppies do not play with Pax.  Pixie wants other puppies to know how great Pax is.  Pax is the best friend any little girl or any little puppy can have.

One day, Pixie’s Mommy took Pixie and Pax for a ride in the car.  Pixie’s Mommy drove for a long time.  Pixie’s Mommy drove for so long that Pixie and Pax fell asleep.  When Pixie and Pax woke up, Pixie’s Mommy opened the car door.  Pixie stepped out of the car.  Max jumped out of the car.  Pixie and Pax looked around.

They were in a new place.  The streets were different.  The houses were different.  The park they were in was different.  And….wait!!  The puppies were different!!  Pixie and Pax could not believe it!  Yes, there were some blue puppies.  Yes, there were some yellow puppies.  Yes, there were some green puppies.  But, so, so, so many of the puppies were purple!! 

Pixie and Pax had a super fun day!  It made Pixie very happy that all of the puppies were playing with Pax.  And, Pixie knew that Pax was very happy, too – he kept wagging his tail! 

Later, Pixie and Pax got tired of playing and laughing and running and jumping.  So, Pixie’s Mommy said it was time to drive home.  Pixie and Pax started to walk back to the car.  Then Pixie and Pax saw something that made them stop.  Pixie and Pax saw a little girl sitting on a bench.  Next to the little girl was her puppy.  But…the puppy was orange!  The little girl and her orange puppy were sitting all alone.  Pixie and Pax knew they had no one to play with.  Pixie and Pax looked at each other.  Then Pixie and Pax walked over to the bench with the little girl and her orange puppy. 

“Hi, I’m Pixie and this is my purple puppy Pax”, said Pixie.  

The little girl was crying.  But, then she looked up at Pixie.  She wiped the tears from her face and smiled.  The little girl said

“Hi, I’m Olga and this is my orange puppy Oscar”.”

Pixie and Olga smiled as Pax and Oscar played together.  Pixie was also smiling because she knew what Olga had been thinking. 

Olga loves Oscar’s color.  Orange is the color of the beautiful sun.  Orange is the color of Olga’s favorite crayon.  Orange is the color of nice flowers.  Olga thinks orange is pretty.