Title: My Dog

Author: Tusiata Avia

In: Sport 29: Spring 2002

Publication details: Fergus Barrowman, October 2002

Part of: Sport

Keywords: Verse Literature

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Sport 29: Spring 2002

My Dog

page 68

My Dog

My dog name is Bingo.
All da dog name is Bingo.
Bingo is da bad dog.
He bite da Palagi mans on da foot.
Aunty Fale throw da big stone to Bingo and make da sore on Bingo's leg
Now Bingo walk on da 3 leg.

The Palagi mans he's stay at our house now and everybody is very happy 'specially Aunty Fale who is showing to all the peoples of our village how we have da Palagi.
Now Bingo no more sleep under da table because Aunty Fale say he's stink and no good for da Palagi to smell da stink smell.
Bingo he sleep outside and eat da stone.
Only feed Bingo da stone everytime.

We call:
BingoBingoBingo
and throw da stone to him
and laugh
HaHaHa
and da Palagi man shout to us
You kids stop throwing stones at the dogs!

And Aunty Fale call us shit and pig and chase us with da broom and hit us hardhard on da leg and catch Pela by da hair and shake her hardhard till Pela's hair coming out in Fale's hand and Pela is cryingscreaming.

We call:
BingoBingoBingo
and Bingo come runningrunning
and lick our sore.
And grinning.