Summary Of M. Marley's Short Story: Pet Monkey Home

This guy named Matt that is 25 years old, was wandering around and he decided to go to the pet adoption center. He was looking for a pet. He ends up getting a pet monkey, the monkey has a brown body, a purple tail, and it has blue feet. He buys the monkey, it already has it’s shots and everything it needs. He takes the monkey home and gives it its own room, he names him Marley because his name and Marley starts with the letter M. Marley is a monkey that can talk. Matt leaves on Sunday and he will get back on Tuesday.

Matt has had Marley for five years now. Marley is five years old now. Matt told Marley all the rules that he needs to know, he wrote them down and put them on the fridge. Matt has to go on a family trip. He will be gone for a week and two days. He leaves on Sunday and he will get back on Tuesday. Today is Saturday and Matt leaves tomorrow.

Sunday rolls around and Marley wakes up and Matt is already gone

for his trip. That day Marley just straightened up the house and his room, he even straightened up Matt’s room. On Tuesday Marley went to his neighbor's house and played with there little boy that they have. Matt had told their neighbor Molly to kind of watch after Marley a little. So Marley goes over to Molly’s everyday.
Marley goes to the park on Wednesday and he sees a puppy and he thought that the puppy belonged to someone, so he just left it alone. The next day Marley goes to get some food then goes to the park to eat his food. After Marley eats his food he stays at the park for about 15 minutes and runs for eight minutes and for about seven minutes he swings. After 15 minutes he goes to the store across the street to get some groceries for the house. He gets some milk, eggs, and some snacks. He is walking home and he looks back and there's that same puppy that he seen and left alone. He picks the puppy up and it don’t have a tag or anything on him. So Marley tells the puppy to stay right by the big tree in the park. Marley runs across the street where he got groceries like five minutes ago and gets some dog food, dog treats, and some toys for the dog to play with. A collar and a leash also to walk the puppy. Marley goes back to the tree and the puppy is still there. So Marley brought the puppy back to his house.
Marley makes a spot for the puppy in his bedroom. Marley checks and sees if it is a girl or a boy. The puppy is a girl, so he names her Lily. Lily loves Marley. She whines at the door if she has to go to the bathroom. Marley takes her on walk and she doesn’t bark or isn’t bad at all. He brings Lily back in and it is time for her dinner then her bedtime.
Matt calls Marley to check up on him, Marley says yes he is good. Marley said that him and… then he paused and said “I’m getting ready to go to bed”. Matt said “ok” then says alright goodnight see you Tuesday morning. Marley hung up the phone and after asked Lily if she had to go to the bathroom, she wasn’t whining at the door so he didn’t take her out. He told Lily to come onto bed, she could sleep in his bed tonight.
It’s finally Friday and Lily has been their for a whole night. When Lily woke up she was whining at the door to go outside and use the bathroom. Matt told Marley before he left that he didn’t want no one over when he wasn’t home. Marley was teaching Lily how to do tricks and if she did the trick she would get a treat. Marley was Saturday already flies by and they are already in bed to wake up for Sunday.
Sunday they are going to walk around the block to the church and go to church service. Marley wakes up and Lily is waiting at the door to go outside and use the restroom. Marley wakes up after five minutes of whining. He gets up and takes Lily outside in the yard so she can use the bathroom. Marley and Lily come back in and Marley cooks up some breakfast for both of them. Marley makes eggs, pancakes, and sausages for breakfast. They both have something different to drink. Marley has a glass of orange juice and Lily has a bowl of milk. Marley gets ready for church and dresses Lily up in puppy close. The church allows animals but you can only have one pet per family. They walk back home and play games all day. Then Marley and Lily go to bed.
Marley wakes up and Lily was still sleeping. Marley gets up and makes breakfast. After breakfast the just sits down and takes a break from all the cooking. About a hour after the food was done Lily wakes up and Lily eats her food it was already down on the floor for her.
She is done eating and finds Marley on the couch sleeping with the TV on. Marley hears Lily up so he gets up from his nap and finds Lily at the door waiting for Marley to come and let her out to go and use the restroom. It was a day before Matt comes home. So Marley and Lily start straightening up the rooms, bathroom, and the kitchen. Marley and Lily take a break for about an hour. All they have to do is finish the kitchen up. They get done and sit on the couch.
While they are in the livingroom they watch a movie and Marley goes and puts ona bag of popcorn in the microwave. They both eat the bag of popcorn and finish the movie. They go to bed and can’t wait til Matt comes home. He guesses he is going to tell Matt that the puppy followed him home and he thought it was lost and brings it home with him.
It is Tuesday and Marley had an alarm set for seven o’clock. They both get up at the same time and Marley makes breakfast for him, Matt, and also Lily. He puts Lily’s in her bowl on the floor, he eats his, and he puts Matt’s in the microwave until he gets home in an hour. They both sit on the couch waiting for him.
Matt comes home and says that the house looks really clean.

He sits down at the table and eats breakfast. Matt like the breakfast that Marley had cooked. Matt hears a sound whining at the door. Guess who is whining at the door? Lily is whining at the door needing to go to the bathroom. Marley tells Matt the story about the park and how the puppy was following him on his way home. Matt asked if he looked for a collar and went around the park seeing if someone lost a dog. Marley said that there was no collar and that he didn’t look for a lost dog picture.

The next day Marley puts a sign up that says he found a dog and told what color she was and lots of other things. Three days went past and no one came to their house and got the dog. The fourth day came and the dog’s owner came and the dog’s real name was Sally. The owner’s name was Dave and he said I think you found my dog. Marley asked him what she did when she needed to go out and use the bathroom, he said she whines at the door. Marley was really upset and he had to give Sally back to Dave the

owner.
In the end of the story Marley was sad and then he was happy. Marley sad because his best friend had to go back where he came from. He was happy because Matt let him go to the pet store and pick out his very own pet. Marley picked a little puppy just like Sally and he names her Lily. Marley taught Lily tricks and if she did the trick right she would get a treat. Matt loved watching the new tricks that Marley taught Lily. She also whined at the door to go out just like Sally did. Marley and Lily was walking through the park and he saw Sally and she and Lily was playing tug a war together. Matt, Marley, and Lily lived happily ever after.