i really needed some type of animal in my life,so i decided to get a guinea pig. i red online about them and got my info. on how to take care of them. so i decided to go pick one out at a petstore. when i got there they had just got a whole new litter of guinea pigs. so they were still kind of young. i looked through them and saw a really shy one but very pretty. i asked for assisitance and he grabbed that one. it was really scared at first, but he let me hold it and it calmed down. i decided to get that one. i got everything i needed and went home. i had him for only 5 days but the days i had him were the best days of my life.he died right in my hands. it was so hard especially when your losing your best friend and cant do anything about it. i remember him gasping for his last breath. this poem made me cry.