A Puppet

I heard this story from my American friend. Her name is Pat. Although she's been an old lady, she used to visit Russia almost every year since 1992. So, there's no doubt that she's got a lot of Russian friends here. Mostly they were English teachers at schools and universities.
Once Pat was invited over by one of them (also an old lady) to have a little dinner together, because the lady just had her birthday the day before. When Pat came and they sat down to eat the lady started off by telling her about what had been happening with her lately those days. So she said: "As you know, yesterday was my birthday. And I was given a wonderful gift. My daughter gave me... you know what?!".(<<It's okay, but it's even better to say "And do you know what my daughter gave me?!" OR "Guess what my daughter gave me!") "What?", Pat asked, getting really interested. "A puppet!", said the lady. Pat was very surprised: "Wow, that's so unusual for a birthday gift...". "Tell me about it, I was totally shocked!", said the lady. "First, I thought 'what would I do with it'. And I even wanted to give it back. But the puppet was so cute and beautiful, so I agreed to keep it." And as the lady went on speaking about the puppet, a suspicion of something strange happening (<<better: "a suspicion that something strange was happening") began to grow in Pat's mind. The lady told her how she liked to play with it, and that she thought the puppet would have become a good defender for of the apartament... Bewildered, Pat finally asked the lady to show her that the magic puppet. At that, the lady heavily sighed and said: "It is so hard for me to tell you, but this morning, when I took it out for a walk, the puppet ran away from me, and I couldn't find it." Pat froze on her seat, her eyes wide open. "Is she insane or something?", she thought. But then, oh my goodness! It dawned on her that it was not a PUPPET! The Russian lady mixed up the two English words. She meant PUPPY!

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Hahaha, great story! And very nicely written!