The Office of Extraordinary Companions
About This Story
When a kid decides to order the most unusual pet ever, they get some wild surprises like a pants-washing raccoon and a spitting llama! After sending back one crazy animal after another, they finally discover the best surprise of all. It turns out that a regular, scruffy little dog is exactly what they needed to find the perfect best friend.
What you will learn:
- True friends don't have to be fancy or unusual to be completely special.
- Sometimes the most ordinary things are actually the absolute best.
- It takes a little bit of patience and a few mistakes to find the perfect match.
I really wanted a buddy 🎵 at home—a true friend who would never be boring. I loved it when things were busy and fun, so I decided to look for a pet that was completely unusual. Instead of checking the usual pet ads, I wrote a letter 🎵 to the Bureau of Extraordinary Companions:
“Dear Bureau, I am looking for a cool friend for my room. Please send me someone special!”
Three days later, a delivery person brought a cage 🎵. From inside, I heard quiet panting 🎵.
I opened it 🎵, and inside was… a raccoon!
He wore a black mask over his eyes and looked very smart. But within the first five minutes, he stole my underwear from the drawer, took it to the bathroom, and happily started scrubbing it 🎵 in the toilet! After that, he tried to wash the TV remote 🎵.
He was a very hard worker, but way too 🎵 WASH-HAPPY!
So I fished the remote out of the water, packed the raccoon back up, and sent him right back 🎵.
The next week, a tall, very skinny crate 🎵 appeared in front of the house. Something inside was chewing loudly 🎵.
