3rd STORY...

Siti Nur Badriyah Bte Suherman.

F10DM0339

Exercise 2

Title: Little Lucy.

Summary: Lucy is determined to keep the stray kitten that she found in her room without giving anyone a clue about it but by doing that, she brought the attention to herself.

   Mischievous little Lucy always get in trouble. The day before, she stomped into the mud with her shoes on! The mud splattered on her shoes and clothes, which made her mom, chase her all around the house with a mop in hand to clean the floor along the way. Not a day passed by without hearing her laughter ringing through the walls of her house.

One rainy day, Lucy heard a soft rustling near a bush where she was playing. She slowly approached it and pushed aside the leaves to peer inside; there she found a kitten covered with dirt. It was mewing at her as if pleading for help, so she bundled it up in her shirt rushing home. She tip toeing quietly into the house, but her grandma saw her silhouette and gave a knowing shake of her head. Lucy then went up to her room and placed the kitten on her bed, and then she went into the kitchen and searched for food, making a lot of noises at the same time.

   That day, Lucy was suspiciously giggling in her room. That really made the rest of the family puzzled. Later when Lucy’s mom wanted to collect dirty clothes for cleaning, she saw that there was a string lying on the floor coming from Lucy’s and she went in to inspect it. She backed away from the room as if seeing a ghost, a kitten sleeping on Lucy’s bed and it looked the same as her pet in the past.

Lucy went home from school in joy thinking about the kitten. She went passed the kitchen and was called by her mom, and immediately she thought about the kitten. Lucy’s face turned white. Before her mother said anything, she begged her mother to keep the kitten. But her mother expression saddened.

“NO.” She replied.

 She stayed in her room for the rest of the day cuddled with the kitten, refusing to eat anything. Lucy suddenly woke up by hearing voices coming from the hall in the middle of the night. So she quietly sneaked to the staircase near her room, realised that the ones talking was her mom and grandma.

“I can’t stand it.” Her mom said.

“Just put the past in the past, Mary.” Grandma replied.

Lucy heard a big sigh coming from her mother, Lucy then scrambled quickly to her room. Lucy still remained confused of what her mother and grandma had said. The next morning, her mom wanted to talk to her. Lucy warily sat the chair across her mom.

“I’ll let you keep the kitten if you promise me to take care of it yourself, okay?” mom asked.

“I promise!” Lucy beamed.

From that day on, Lucy would always play with the kitten openly and they’re inseparable. Her mom watched them with a sad smile knowing that one day the kitten will eventually left Lucy to the other side, at least they’ll have happy memories that they could treasure before then.