Sometimes when I tell my Dad that I don’t want to go to bed, he tells me
that I have to.
Do I have to?
My puppy stays up as late as he likes.
I have to go to bed early.
My puppy doesn’t have to go to school. And we always put away his toys.
I have to pick up my own toys. And I have to go to school every day.
Sometimes I wish I were a puppy!
If I were a puppy I would stay up as late as I liked and go to bed
whenever I pleased. And I would play outdoors all day long and never go
to school.
Then I remember that puppies at our house can’t do everything they want
to.
Puppies must not chew slippers, even when they want to.
Puppies must not bring bones into the living room, even when they want
to.
Puppies must not jump onto beds, even when they want to. And puppies at
our house have to eat in the kitchen.
My puppy “has to.” I “have to.” And what’s more, so do lots of people.
Mom and Dad “have to” work, even when they don’t want to. And they “have
to” work at the same time every day.
Grandmother has to take medicine every day. I know she doesn’t like it,
because she makes a funny face.
Everybody “has to,” I guess.
“Do I have to?” Yes!
