Honorable Mention – Essay/Short Story – Elementary (Grade 1-5)

Juliet Good - Age 9 - Mohnton

TWO DAYS BEFORE CHRISTMAS

By Juliet Good

 

“Hi my name is Sandy. I'm going to tell you about ‘Two Days Before Christmas,’ as I call it. Let's get started. It was two days before Christmas. Our puppy Milo was cuddled next to me on the couch dozing off. My little brothers Peter and Andrew yelled something and came zooming into the awesomely warm living room. Milo ran up to them, Peter petted him on the head and told me he saw a mama deer and her doe. Just when I went to see them… mom said I had to do dishes! I groaned that I didn’t want to. But I did it anyway. After that I went ice skating with my friends (Bree and Madriana) but Bree couldn’t come because her and her family were still recovering from when their chimney collapsed! So when I went home Andrew was crying because he got a candy cane stuck in his hair! IT WAS ONE DAY TILL CHRISTMAS! I could feel JESUS in my heart, it was AWESOME! WE put the angel on the top of the Christmas tree. I absolutely loved this feeling! It was Christmas MORNING! I had set an alarm for 5:00. When it beeped I got dressed and went downstairs and unwrapped the presents and had a jolly time.