Thursday, September 22, 2011

The lost flip-flop earring

When I was in elementary school, I collected earrings. I had every type of earrings, gingerbread, snowmen, candycane, flowers, hearts, dolphins, and my favorite, purple flip-flop earrings. They dangled and they were light purple flip-flops with a dark purple flower. I wore those earrings every single day. I was known for having the biggest collection of earrings then but almost everyday I'd wear my purple flip-flop earrings.

One afternoon, before leaving my fourth grade class for the day, I realized that I was missing one of my purple flip-flop earrings. I grabbed my ear lobe and tugged, hoping that it would magically reappear. I searched the classroom frantically for the earring that would finish my favorite pair. I know it seems weird to be emotionally attached to an earring but I cried a little when I finally left the classroom. The next morning when I walked into the classroom I saw my purple flip-flop earring sticking out of the rug at the entrance of the classroom. I couldn't believe it; it was still there after the janitor probably cleaned the rug. I was so excited that I'd found it again.

2 comments:

  1. this is really good.
    but one thing, is in the beginning you repeated, and, also dont repeat you wore it every single day.

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  2. I liked the story and it was cool how you found it again.

    You could've elaborated more on the ending to show how excited you were.

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