Friday, November 26, 2010

English Writing. DRAFT.

I wrote something a long time ago in English Class.. I forgot what this was.. :l sad.

He threw with all his might, but as the third stone came skipping back he sighed as he watches it sink below the cold, tempting water. He settles himself onto the grass and watches idly at his surroundings. The sound of the living creatures within the river, and the flowing waters trickling down from the open lake; the birds chirping upon the tree branches, the soft murmur of the wind whispering through his ears. Everything around him was too perfect.

“Hello, Are you alone,” A girl’s voice interrupted the boy’s thoughts. He turns around and gasps, he blushes. She smiles tenderly at him, gripping tightly on to the teddy bear in her arms, hugging it tightly, as if it was a newborn baby. Though he remains quiet, she continues to smile at him.
“Mary!” A woman’s voice calls out to the forest. The girl gasps and looks behind her and looks at the boy awkwardly.

“I have to go.” Her face comes into a frown and looks at him. She waves weakly at him, and slowly walks out of the forest. The boy looks at where she stood and finds a locket on the ground. He stands up, picks it and smiles.

As many years went by, he found her again. He courted her and asked her to be his wife. Happily married for thirty years, the grandchildren huddled around their grandparents and one of them said, “Tell us a story of you and grandfather met.”
The old woman smiles and looked at her husband, tightly squeezed his hand in hers and said, “It was a strange day in July…”

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