Jock Dog

JOCK DOG

When we came back from the school holidays there were three ice cream containers full of different coloured tennis balls sitting on the bench. We were all wondering what they were for. It became a Room 11 mystery...

Finally Mrs Parker told us about them and this is what she said. There is a dog named Jock Dog who lives just across the road from Sunnybrae. He found 36 balls and his owner gave them to Mrs Parker who divided them up for us and also for Room 12 and 13.

This is one of our letters to Jock Dog

Dear Jock Dog

WOOF! WOOF! Hi I am from Room 11 at Sunnybrae Normal School. I always wanted a dog like you because I like doing sports like you. I have only a pet cat named Tom.

On the first day of school I wondered about the tennis balls on the bench that had been dyed. Mrs Parker, our teacher kept it a mystery until Friday.

I really want to know the answers to these questions.

What type of dog are you? What happened to the other balls that you collected? How do you know where the sneaky balls are hiding? When did you start to collect balls and what is the number of balls that you’ve collected in your entire life?

Can you please answer them as I am very curious and I want to know more about you. Also did your master (owner) ask you to collect those tennis balls and have you made a collection of them in your house?

Thank you so much for all the tennis balls you and your master (owner) gave to our school. Those balls you gave us are awesome to play with. I wish you could collect more balls for other classes in our school. I think you are a very smart dog and that’s the reason I would like you as my pet dog. You can come and visit our classroom if you wish. I hope you have a happy time with your owner.

From your Room11 fan

Juwon