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Annie by Yeda
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Abby handed me her present, wished me a happy
birthday, and sat down. We then decided to open presents. I looked
through the presents, carefully deciding which one to open first.
Finally, I settled on a box that was wrapped messily with dark blue
paper. I took off the card first and said,
“This says ‘Dear Annie, Happy birthday! Love, Sarah,”
After reading the card, I turned back to the present and began ripping
the wrapping paper off. After getting all the wrapping paper off, I
picked up the box and read ‘Lego Land Castle’ from it. Beneath the
writing was a picture of a big castle with people and horses. After
thanking Sarah, I turned to the 2 presents left and began deciding
which one to open next. I settled on a small present neatly wrapped in
yellow paper with blue happy birthdays on it. I quickly ripped off the
wrapping paper and opened up the little box inside. I found a pretty
green watch and my face turned pink with delight. I knew it was from
Justin for that was the gift I had asked him to get me. I thanked
Justin and then turned to the last present which I knew was from Abby.
Thinking about Abby made me burn with resentment but I tried to
conceal it and I smiled as I started ripping the wrapping paper off
the thick present in front of me. I made myself squeal with joy when I
saw the book Little Women but I knew that I would never ever read it
unless my mom got me a different copy.
Justin and Sarah both turned to Abby telling her that
they’d both read that book and loved it and they thought it was a
great gift. It was then, as I was seething with anger at Abby that I
decided to do something to make them focus on me more. I thought it
would make them like me if I did something that was a little unusual
so I decided that I would pretend to be a neat freak and clean
anything and everything down to the last speck of dust.
To start off, I told them that I thought we should
move our sleeping bags and backpacks downstairs to where we would be
sleeping because I didn’t want to clutter the hallway. Although I was
furious with her, I pretended not to notice Abby and Justin rolling
their eyes at me and I led the way downstairs. I laid my sleeping bag
in the middle and made a fuss of making it exactly straight and
putting the pillow exactly in the middle. By the time I was done
putting my backpack and all of their backpacks behind things so they
wouldn’t look messy, Abby, Justin, and Sarah were all waiting for me
on the stairs. When they asked me what had taken me so long, I merely
told them what I’d been doing. My face burned with resentment as they
rolled their eyes at each other but I said nothing.
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