Grand Prize Winner - Malia Brooks
Age 7
Honolulu, HI 

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Golden

Thanks, Reno,
the kind golden retriever.
Not because you kiss me
all the time when I come home.
Or because you walk with me
to the heiau by our old house.
Or because you're cuddly
as we watch TV together
on the sun room rug.
Thanks because you are my friend
'cause I don't have any brothers or sisters
and you keep me company
especially when it's rainy and cold outside.

Thanks, Shana,
the soft golden retriever.
Not because you follow me and Digger
down the driveway all the time.
Or because I like playing catch
with you with the tennis ball
on the lawn by the heliconia plants.
Or because we love to play
hide and go seek and tag together.
Thanks because you still love me
even if I get mad at you
when you don't listen to me
when I tell you to sit or move away
when you squish me.

Thank you, Reno and Shana,
because you are golden to me.