New Pet

One day Elyse brought home this book about hamsters. Once we had read it we both totally wanted one. So mom took me to the pet store. I tried to hold a hamster and it jumped right out of my hands. While I was in the room mom was talking to a woman. She said she would recommend getting a rat. So I went in the little room with her and she held a rat and then I petted him. Then I held him. He was acually really soft. I REALLY wanted a pet rat after that. But my sister had to be able to handle a rat.

So about a week later we went back to a pet store and Elyse and I held the hamster. So then I put on some hand sanitizer and then we tried to hold the rat. So I was holding the rat and it bit me. At first I thought it was just a little nibble. Then I looked at it and it was really bleeding! So we washed it and it stopped bleeding. It was just a little tingly afterwards.