Vorticon VI 

                                       Commander Keen's Life 
                   Ch.2-  My First Day at Home
 

      I looked out the window of the car at the houses flashing by. Nothing
too unusual. We finally pulled into one driveway, and my mom walked up to the
front door. She got out the key and walked in. She was immediately met by a big
bounding ball of fur. 
     "This is Spot," she told me. "He's our pet dog." 
     "Do you think I don't know what a dog is?" I asked. She sighed. I could tell that I was
getting on her nerves. She went upstairs to show me my room. She must have been
expecting a girl. The walls were painted a soft pink color and the crib had lace
on it. My dad cleared his throat. 
     "Uh, honey... wrong room."  
     "Oh yes, I keep forgetting." She went down the hall to my room. It had relaxing blue walls, nice sheets (though I noticed with disgust that they had balloons on them), and a ceiling fan. I gazed around. "I'll feel quite satisfactory here," I said. "This place is nice." My parents looked at each other and sighed a sigh of relief. "Will you take me downstairs so I may pet the resident canine?" My parents looked at each other again. 
     "Uhh.. what does that mean?" my Mom asked. 
     "The dog, stupid!" I replied. My parents looked at each other again, then Mom carried me downstairs. The dog started sniffing me. I slapped him. He looked at me, startled that I would do such a thing, and then lay on the floor and started whimpering. I petted him until he was asleep, then went upstairs to take a nap. When I woke up, it was nighttime, so I went back to
sleep.